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Superbugs

Evasive bacteria begin to spread as weapons lose effectiveness

By Stephen Smith
Globe Staff / October 19, 2004

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They are the enemy that infectious disease doctors dreaded for so long -- bacteria clever enough to outwit the drugs that saved millions of lives in the 20th century. (Full article: 1146 words)

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