IELTSDATA READING TEST 15 The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

IELTSDATA READING TEST 15 The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections {A} When penicillin became widely available during the Second World War, it was a medical miracle, rapidly vanquishing the biggest wartime killer – infected wounds. Discovered initially by a French medical student, Ernest Duchesne, in 1896, and then rediscovered by Scottish physician Alexander Fleming in 1928, Penicillium crippled many types of … Read more