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Around half of patients admitted to hospital in Vietnam are carriers of multiresistant intestinal bacteria. The longer the patients are in hospital, the greater is the risk that they have been infected by these bacteria.

A forgotten antibiotic led to lower selection of resistant bacteria than the standard treatment for febrile urinary tract infection. Thus, temocillin may be a useful alternative, and contribute to a reduced spread of resistant bacteria in hospitals.

A Swedish study has shown that the alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with more severe Covid-19 disease, and leads to more hospital admissions than previous variants.