Hidden for decades, hospital superbug built resistance in waves, peaking in the mid‑2000s

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-hidden-decades-hospital-superbug-built.html

Decades-old hospital samples have helped University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers uncover how a deadly antibiotic-resistant "superbug" quietly tightened its grip across the globe. It lurked in hospital corridors for decades, largely unnoticed by the wider public.


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