good to see you give cst the thums up, thumbs up!
Senator Kennedy, in a speech to Congress, said "The growing financial burden of antimicrobial resistance on the health care system is staggering. Treating a patient with TB usually costs $12,000. But when a patient has drug-resistant TB, that figure soars to $180,000. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases estimates that the total cost of antimicrobial resistance to the US health care system is as high as $4 billion every year - and this figure will only rise as resistant infections become more common."
Add to My Watchlist
What is My Watchlist?
