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A sometimes-lethal type of bacteria that causes many cases of pneumonia, bloodstream infections and other illnesses is rapidly becoming resistant to antibiotics, a government study found.

Experts have warned for a decade that overuse of antibiotics is helping germs become resistant to drugs - first to penicillin, then to newer antibiotics - threatening more deaths and amputations.

"It's become even more worrisome in the last two years," said Dr. Cynthia G. Whitney of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "There are definitely some strains that are fast learners."

Over the three-year span, the percentage of pneumococcus samples resistant to three or more antibiotic classes grew from 9 percent to 14 percent. The percentage resistant to penicillin went from 21 percent to 25 percent.

However, researchers noted that new vaccines, including one approved recently for use in babies, can protect against most drug-resistant strains of the bacteria. Also, a few new antibiotics have been coming onto the market in recent years, and 19 more are in development and could go on sale over the next eight years.



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