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Delivering therapies that directly target the bug or its toxins could potentially replace the need for antibiotics that also harm beneficial gut microbes.

Plus, the West had antibiotics — which spread willy-nilly not just in medications, but in toothpaste, lipstick and, perhaps most dangerously, into farm animals to promote growth.

With an upper hand over other bacteria lacking similar antibiotic resistance, such bacteria should become dominant.

The father of two was given new medication, but the coroner found there had been "undertreatment" with antibiotics which were not enough to kill off bacteria in a clot on his heart.

While TB can be treated with antibiotics, it can be fatal if left untreated.