However, Dr Duckworth said the case underlined the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, and emphasised the problems associated with over-use of the drugs.

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This highlights one of the great problems with attempting to prevent an antibiotic catastrophe - how much can one country do?

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An antibiotic, Ketek, had side effects and multiple problems with its clinical trials, including outright fraud.

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Unnecessary antibiotic use can lead to significant long-term problems.

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Certainly, its problems are too deep to be solved by a bump in the sales of a single antibiotic.

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Even with antibiotic treatment, at least 10% of patients die with another 10 to 20% left with permanent problems, such as mental retardation, deafness or epilepsy.

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For medicines ranging from Pfizer's antipsychotic Geodon to Ketek, an antibiotic from Sanofi-Aventis (nyse: SNY - news - people ), such problems have led to regulatory delays--although both were eventually approved.

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