‘Alarming’ rates of babies with antibiotic-resistant bugs in Asia-Pacific, Australian study finds

NatakuNox , 9 months ago

We need to ban antibiotic soap outside of hospitals and food production. And antibiotics should only be used when it’s confirmed that the infection can be effected by antibiotics.

ryannathans , 9 months ago

Treatment often needs to begin without waiting for lab results

autotldr Bot , 9 months ago

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“Alarming” rates of babies with infections resistant to common antibiotics in the Asia-Pacific region should prompt urgent investment into new drugs for treating childhood diseases, findings from a new study suggest.

The misuse and overuse of antibiotics is driving bugs to mutate so that common drugs are no longer effective to kill them, known as antimicrobial resistance.

They then applied sophisticated mathematical modelling to the data to determine resistance rates in the south-east Asia and Pacific region.

It is estimated that around 700,000 people die from antimicrobial-resistant infections globally each year, more than annual deaths from malaria, Dr Sanjaya Senanayake, an infectious diseases specialist and associate professor of medicine with the Australian National University, said.

“If the current tide is not turned, it is estimated that up to 10 million people a year will die from such infections by 2050, a number equivalent to the annual deaths from cancer,” he said.

“Australian tourists regularly visit those regions and vice versa, which is why every infectious diseases physician in Australia takes a travel history from an acutely unwell child or adult in hospital.

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