Why antibiotic overuse is a global issueMA Healthcare LtdJournal of Wound Care
In recent years, WHO has recognized antibiotic resistance as one of the most important current threats to global health and food security. Even when the process happens naturally, it is accelerated by the wrong use of antibiotics in humans and animals, and the effectiveness of these in the trea...
a"If we don't improve our response to the public health problem of antibiotic resistance,we may enter a post-antibiotic world in which we will have few or no clinical interventions for some infections,"he says. “如果我们不改进我们的对抗药性抵抗的公共卫生问题的反应,我们也许进入我们不会有少数...
So, it's safe to say that scary microbes, or "bugs," are top of mind nowadays. And while a scary, relatively new virus catches headlines, the world has another major "bug" problem: antibiotic resistance, which creates almost impossible-to-kill bacteria, which some people call superbugs. S...
This unique mode of action positions AMPs as promising agents for treating infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. AMPs are characterized by their small size, typically ranging from 12 to 50 amino acids, their cationic nature, and amphipathic properties in their mature form [2]...
antibiotic, and some have developed resistance to all known antibiotics. This is very dangerous, because there are limited treatments for people who have an infection that is, what clinicians call, multi-drug resistant bacteria. One of the most common multi-drug resistant bacterial infections is ...
Recurrent infections may be caused by the resistance of non - C. albicans species, such as Candida glabrata or Candida tropicalis, to antifungal agents. Common Causes of Constant Yeast InfectionsAntibiotic use Immune system dysfunction You're pregnant Out of balance hormones Over use of condoms ...
he notes. “Obesity, infection,insulin resistance,inflammation,diabetes, physical trauma to the lymphatic system—all [can] interact to create the problem. This is like a ball of yarn that a cat has played with—it’s all twisted around and interconnected but it’s hard to know where to st...
So, calls to shorten antibiotic courses and gather more evidence arenot new. But until recently, public discussion of the issue was rare. Simple messages? The real controversy provoked by theBMJarticle is about what experts should tell the public. The authorssuggest thatprimary care patients presc...
-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as an endemic microbe, first in hospital and health care settings and more recently in the community, has led to a disastrous situation in which use of the available antibiotic armamentarium is increasingly ineffective and spawns further antibiotic resistance. ...