Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Note: the mentioned research on travellers from India is not known to me, if anyone knows an original source, please send a message.
" 80 per cent of travellers returning from India to Europe carried the NDM gene in their gut"
SUPERBUGS 'WILL KILL ANY HOPE OF FUTURE SURGERY'
Sunday November 20,2011
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Last week the European Centre for Disease Control released research showing a dramatic rise in cases of an antibiotic resistant bug, K. pneumoniae, a common cause of urinary and respiratory conditions.
Marc Sprenger, director of the centre, said: “The situation is critical. We need to declare a war against these bacteria.”
Drug-resistant strains of E.coli also rose in 2010. Between 25 and 50 per cent of E.coli infections in Italy and Spain in 2010 were immune to fluoroquinolones, one of the most important antibiotics.
In the UK, 70 patients have been identified carrying NDM-1-containing bacteria, an enzyme that destroys carbapenems, one of the antibiotics of last resort. Separate research has shown that more than 80 per cent of travellers returning from India to Europe carried the NDM gene in their gut.
Last week the Department of Health said hospitals should use the most effective antibiotic as fast as possible to treat serious infections, then review the treatment 48 hours later.
Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, said: “Many antibiotics are used when they don’t need to be, meaning antibiotics lose their effectiveness at a rapidly increasing rate.”
read more - express
Thanks to Dave Roberts
" 80 per cent of travellers returning from India to Europe carried the NDM gene in their gut"
SUPERBUGS 'WILL KILL ANY HOPE OF FUTURE SURGERY'
Sunday November 20,2011
- snip -
Last week the European Centre for Disease Control released research showing a dramatic rise in cases of an antibiotic resistant bug, K. pneumoniae, a common cause of urinary and respiratory conditions.
Marc Sprenger, director of the centre, said: “The situation is critical. We need to declare a war against these bacteria.”
Drug-resistant strains of E.coli also rose in 2010. Between 25 and 50 per cent of E.coli infections in Italy and Spain in 2010 were immune to fluoroquinolones, one of the most important antibiotics.
In the UK, 70 patients have been identified carrying NDM-1-containing bacteria, an enzyme that destroys carbapenems, one of the antibiotics of last resort. Separate research has shown that more than 80 per cent of travellers returning from India to Europe carried the NDM gene in their gut.
Last week the Department of Health said hospitals should use the most effective antibiotic as fast as possible to treat serious infections, then review the treatment 48 hours later.
Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, said: “Many antibiotics are used when they don’t need to be, meaning antibiotics lose their effectiveness at a rapidly increasing rate.”
read more - express
Thanks to Dave Roberts