• dotslashme
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    8 months ago

    Afaik it refers to the bacteria being treatment resistant. Usually penicillin resistant bugs are classified as super.

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      8 months ago

      Gonorrhea has been resistant to penicillin for a long time. But now its becoming tesistant to doxycilin which was specific for only a few bugs, and thats really bad, as theres no other strong contenders atm.

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      8 months ago

      my whole body is resistant to penicillin. shit am i a super nerd?