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Dec. 5 (UPI) -- More than 8,000 people die annually from antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Japan.
Japanese researchers at the Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine said methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and fluoroquinolone-resistant salmonella were the leading causes of death among patients in 2017, Kyodo News and NHK reported Thursday.
The total number of MRSA-related deaths was more than 4,200 in 2017, and the number of patients who died from salmonella was more than 3,900, according to researchers.
Patients' overuse of antibiotics and the application of antibiotics on animals for consumption, were cited as the causes of the fatalities.
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Japanese researchers at the Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine said methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and fluoroquinolone-resistant salmonella were the leading causes of death among patients in 2017, Kyodo News and NHK reported Thursday.
The total number of MRSA-related deaths was more than 4,200 in 2017, and the number of patients who died from salmonella was more than 3,900, according to researchers.
Patients' overuse of antibiotics and the application of antibiotics on animals for consumption, were cited as the causes of the fatalities.
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More than 8,000 people die annually from antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Japan.
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