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Antibiotic-resistant infection left me with hip of a 70-year-old

Antibiotic-resistant infection left me with hip of a 70-year-old

Aileen Moynagh BBC News NI health reporter Pharmacy student Amy Symington was a fit and healthy hockey player until she became ill in February 2024 A 21-year-old student who had to learn to walk again after being struck down by an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” has said she has been left with the hip of a 70-year-old. Amy Symington developed MRSA in …

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