Microbiologist: A lethal strain of salmonella recently showed up in a European country, causing an outbreak of illness that killed two people and infected twenty-seven others
Investigators blame the severity of the outbreak on the overuse of antibiotics, since the salmonella bacteria tested were shown to be drug-resistant But this is unlikely because patients in the country where the outbreak occurred cannot obtain antibiotics to treat illness without a prescription, and the country' s doctors prescribe antibiotics less readily than do doctors in any other European country
People in the country where the outbreak occurred often consume foods produced from animals that eat antibiotics-laden livestock feed.