Antibiotic resistance - Netflix, HAL 9000 and the $100 billion question
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With Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘I told you so’ still ringing in our ears and the battlefield ablaze, one cannot help but wonder what next microorganism assault on humankind is going to involve.1 While we are fully engaged main front, another old enemy gathering strength flanks. Bacterial resistance has been described as single most important threat public health the 21st century.2 The United Nations interagency group bacterial estimates that drug-resistant disease could rise from a current figure of around 700 000 deaths per annum 10 million year by 2050, if don’t act.3 six common pathogens orthopaedics currently all CDC (Centers for Disease Control Prevention) ‘Urgent’ or ‘Serious’ list.4 A meta-analysis estimated 39% 51% surgical site infection USA was caused bacteria resistant to standard prophylactic antibiotics.5 Our primary tool against antibiotic stewardship programmes. But wil it solve problem?
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عنوان ژورنال: SA Orthopaedic Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1681-150X', '2309-8309']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-8309/2021/v20n3a0