Thank God Obama didn't invent penicillin.....

[Aristus]

5. It's overstated just a bit.

Penicillin is still very effective for treating such infections as strep throat. I rely on it in my clinical practice.

I see growing resistance in the microorganisms that frequently cause urinary tract infections, but trim-sulfa is still my go-to med for those.

The real concern is in infections such as C difficile, which is growing more and more resistant all the time, and therefor very difficult to treat.

(It was named C. difficile because it was very hard to isolate in the laboratory. But it's a very appropriate name considering how difficult it is to treat.