Posted on Nov 7, 2023
Antibiotics that fight deadly infections in babies are losing their power
217
3
1
3
3
0
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/11/07/ [login to see] /antibiotics-that-fight-deadly-infections-in-babies-are-losing-their-power
The drugs aren't working as well as they used to.
That's the sobering takeaway from new research published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia last week: The most commonly prescribed antibiotics in Southeast Asia are now only 50% effective at treating sepsis and meningitis in newborns.
And that's a serious setback. Sepsis kills 1 in 5 patients. Meningitis is responsible for a quarter of million deaths a year – half among children under the age of 5. Overall, childhood infections are responsible for over 550,000 deaths each year.
Why aren't the drugs doing their job? It's because overuse of those drugs has led to the evolution of antimicrobial resistant infections – bacteria and other diseases that are no longer knocked out by treatment.
The drugs aren't working as well as they used to.
That's the sobering takeaway from new research published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia last week: The most commonly prescribed antibiotics in Southeast Asia are now only 50% effective at treating sepsis and meningitis in newborns.
And that's a serious setback. Sepsis kills 1 in 5 patients. Meningitis is responsible for a quarter of million deaths a year – half among children under the age of 5. Overall, childhood infections are responsible for over 550,000 deaths each year.
Why aren't the drugs doing their job? It's because overuse of those drugs has led to the evolution of antimicrobial resistant infections – bacteria and other diseases that are no longer knocked out by treatment.
Antibiotics that fight deadly infections in babies are losing their power
Posted from npr.org
Children
Medical
Health
Drugs
Pharmaceuticals
Posted 6 mo ago
Responses: 1
0
0
0
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Antibiotics are losing their effectiveness against bloodstream infections that kill newborns, according to a report by a team of 80 researchers from four continents1. Sepsis kills more than 214,000 newborns around the world each year, and resistance to antibiotics is one of the reasons why2. In 15% of cases, last-line carbapenems were prescribed..."...
..."Antibiotics are losing their effectiveness against bloodstream infections that kill newborns, according to a report by a team of 80 researchers from four continents1. Sepsis kills more than 214,000 newborns around the world each year, and resistance to antibiotics is one of the reasons why2. In 15% of cases, last-line carbapenems were prescribed..."...
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google