> Bill writes:
>> The battle is not being won by the bacteria. There have been new
>> developments that could short circuit bacteria's ability to
>> develop resistance.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/ru-nab070208.php

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/uoia-usd043008.php

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/jhu-stz040808.php

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/acs-abm031108.php

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uow-rcp031208.php

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/miot-bf022608.php

I could go on with many other links. The current state of science in 
this area is just as Peter posted, but neither life nor science is 
static. Even the post is hopeful since most superbugs are fairly 
isolated and not common. We are not all dropping like flies from 
resistant bacteria.

In any war, there is the ebb and flow of battle. At any one time 
during the war one side is ahead, but it is the end that actually 
determines the winner.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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