A microbe that causes middle ear infections has developed resistance to a wide range of antibiotics, a new study finds.
The offender is a strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterium best known for causing pneumonia. However, the microbe can also trigger middle ear infections, meningitis, sinus infections, and various respiratory ailments.
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