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Fit_Equipment_7793 t1_jaaotn6 wrote
Reply to ‘Looming global health crisis’: urgent action needed to prevent spread of drug-resistant superbugs, CSIRO says by Lakerlion
Oh yes it's going down. The FDA has had to explore using drugs that were previously rejected or taken off the shelf for safety reasons.
I think the widespread use of sanitizers and cleaners has to be a contributing factor. And I'm a nurse and use/order cleaning supplies all the time. Animal antibiotics and lack of antibiotic stewardship, plus food production en masse... is why superbugs are going to thrive.
The reality is that the microorganisms will always evolve and therapeutics will probably be able to keep up because of science. But watching a woman get IV antibiotics every 4 hours for 6 weeks, in multiple instances, makes me nervous.
Fit_Equipment_7793 t1_jaarc71 wrote
Reply to comment by spamholderman in ‘Looming global health crisis’: urgent action needed to prevent spread of drug-resistant superbugs, CSIRO says by Lakerlion
Tell VRE and MRSA that.
It's like Darwinism for bacteria. The strongest survive and become more resilient. I don't think it's comparable to bullet resistance.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17427567/#:~:text=The%20mechanisms%20of%20resistance%20to,or%20overexpression%20of%20the%20target.