Antibiotics that have been used for various healing precisely cause 'disaster threat' for the community. This was said by the British medical chief in his warning as an urgent action for the whole world.
"If no crackdowns are taken in the use of antibiotics, and no new discoveries, then we will find our healthcare system no different as it was in the 19th century in some ways," Dame Sally Davies was quoted as saying by the Guardian.
While some antibiotics fail to work, bacteria grow. Although 'superbug' methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and C bacteria have been reduced in some hospitals, there has been an alarming increase in other types of bacteria, including new strains of E coli and Klebsiella that cause pneumonia.
These bacteria include gram negative bacteria that are found in the gut, not on the skin. Known bacteria are harmful to the elderly.
"Antimicrobial resistance is a catastrophic threat," Dame said.
"If we do not act now, either of us will be admitted to hospital over the next 20 years for a small operation and die of an infection that can not be treated with antibiotics and will undergo routine surgery such as hip replacement or organ transplantation. Risk of infection, "he added.
That's why governments and organizations around the world, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the G8, need to take this seriously.
"There has been an 85 percent decline in MRSA, which means most hospitals have no more than two or three cases a year, but now there are 50 to 100 cases of gram-negative bacterial infections for each case of MRSA," explained Professor Mike Sharland of the hospital St George in London who is also advisor to the Department of Health and the use of antimicrobials (antibiotics and anti-virus) in children.
Antibiotics fail to work because bacteria progressively develop their resistance to the drug over time. In the decade after the invention of penicillin, it did not seem to matter because drug companies developed new versions. But not for after and until now. Dame himself has announced for the re-development of antibiotics to several pharmaceutical industries and companies, but many have finally given up because the resistance of bacteria to drugs is growing.
"Anyhow there is an increasing number of infections with almost no therapeutic options, and we desperately need new discoveries, research and development." The UK is very good at making basic discoveries and research for new antibacterial molecules, "said Laura Piddock, microbiology professor and deputy director From microbiological and infectious institutions in Birmingham. Laura highly praised Dame's actions in the development of antibiotics.
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem, therefore pharmaceutical companies are advised to be actively involved in researching and developing new antimicrobial drugs.
To be known, as many as 5,000 patients die every year in the UK because of this, where bacteria enter the bloodstream and in half cases occur due to drug-resistant bacteria.