Outbreak of drug-resistant infection could kill 80,000 in UK, report warns

Forecast highlights danger of growth in antimicrobial resistance that could take surgery back to 19th-century mortality rates As many as 80,000 people could die if there was an outbreak of a drug-resistant infection in Britain, a government forecast has warned. According to the report, about 200,000 people could fall victim to a bacterial blood infection if there was a widespread outbreak that existing antibiotics could not tackle. Related: Drug-resistant infections could lead to 10 million extr...