The number of deaths caused by drug-resistant infections such as MRSA and E. Coli will rise in the near future:
More than 39 million people will die from antimicrobial-resistant infections over the next 25 years. He writes about this on Monday, September 16 The Telegraph citing a new study published in The Lancet and funded by the British government.
It is stated that today, antimicrobial resistance (antibiotic resistance – AMR) is responsible for 1.14 million deaths annually, which is more than the total number of deaths from HIV/AIDS and malaria.
“Due in part to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture, the exponential growth of ‘superbugs’ is threatening modern medicine. In England alone, 58,224 people had an antibiotic-resistant infection in 2022, a 4% increase on the previous year.” , writes the publication.
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Thus, common infections become incurable, and simple surgeries and procedures such as caesarean sections, hip replacements, organ transplants and chemotherapy become much riskier.
The number of deaths from drug-resistant “superbugs”, including dangerous strains of pneumonia E.Coli and C.diff, has increased most in North America, western sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South and Southeast Asia.
Experts note that although the number of deaths from antibiotic resistance is expected to almost double by 2050, this only applies to “direct” deaths, when a superbug kills a healthy person.
“The number of projected related deaths is much higher – at least 8.22 million deaths per year. The groups most at risk from such deaths are the elderly and others whose immune systems are weakened,” the newspaper writes.
One of the main problems with antibiotics is the slow pace of discovery of new drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have no incentive to invest in their development because new antibiotics, by definition, will only be used as a last resort, severely limiting profits.
The good news is that deaths due to antibiotic resistance in children under five have fallen by 50% since 1990 and will continue to decline, according to the study.
Researchers from the USA found that penicillin changes not only the microbiota in newborns, but also gene expression in key areas of the brain if consumed at an early age
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