New antibiotics are urgently needed
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing
the resistance to antibiotics is growing, respectively, the effectiveness of such funds is falling. This conclusion is made in a study by the Lancet journal (Teillant et al., Potential burden of antibiotic resistance on surgery and cancer chemotherapy antibiotic prophylaxis in the USA: a literature review and modeling study), which is retold by the BBC News website (Fears grow over increased antibiotic resistance).
In this study, which was conducted jointly by scientists from various scientific and medical institutes of the United States, based on the analysis of statistical data, it is stated that about half of the bacteria that enter the body of infection after routine surgical operations are resistant to antibiotics used in the United States. Among the bacteria that are dangerous after chemotherapy, there are 25%.
Calculations show that such a situation in the United States alone can lead to 120 thousand new infections and 6.3 thousand deaths per year. It is not surprising that many doctors are sounding the alarm and calling the decrease in the effectiveness of antibiotics a "ticking bomb".
The lead author of the study, Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan (Ramanan Laxminarayan) from the Center for the Study of Disease Dynamics, Economics and Health Policy in Washington, D.C., said on this occasion that antibiotics are the "cornerstone" of modern medicine and the decrease in their effectiveness "dramatically changes everything."
"The danger is that the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics devalues the efforts of doctors," he warned. Professor Lakshminarayan also pointed out that this problem is already increasing the number of deaths of infants in poor countries and elderly people in rich ones. And as the population ages and more operations are required, this problem will worsen, the scientist warned.
This problem is relevant not only in the USA, but also, for example, in the UK. Laura Piddock, professor of microbiology at the University of Birmingham, expressed the hope that the Lancet article would be a "loud wake-up call for pharmaceutical companies" to develop new antibiotics to which bacteria do not yet have resistance.
By the way, a recent study showed that antibiotics, when used systematically, negatively affect the intestinal microflora of children and can even lead to obesity.
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20.10.2015