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An adjusted antibiotic has reduced patient fatalities from antibiotic-resistant strains of superbugs Klebsiella and E. coli by nearly 9%, and could eventually save 30,000 lives per annum.

Researchers tweaked the use of existing antibiotics and trialled the treatment on almost 400 patients with the life-threatening superbugs at the Royal Brisbane and Women鈥檚 黑料吃瓜群网, along with 25 other hospitals worldwide.

Director Professor David Paterson said the Merino Trial re-examined antibiotics already in use so that treatment practices could be updated immediately without having to wait for new drugs to be approved 鈥� a process that takes years.

鈥淭here is an urgent need to consider appropriate antibiotic use in the face of rising antibiotic resistance,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e found that prescribing the common antibiotic meropenem was more effective against the superbug than other antibiotic treatments, and drastically increased the rate of survival.鈥澛燤eropenem is inexpensive and is available in all Australian hospitals.

The findings are published in the .

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