Who issued a global report on drug-resistant bacteria, saying the situation is extremely serious
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Last Update: 2014-05-04
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Source: Chinanet May 4, 2014 according to Kyodo news agency, the World Health Organization (who) released a report on April 30, saying that antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading all over the world At a press conference in Geneva, assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda stressed that "not only some poor countries, but also all countries The situation is extremely serious The report advises medical workers to keep antibiotic prescriptions to a minimum At the same time, we call on ordinary patients to use antibiotics only when doctors prescribe them Who conducted a survey based on data from 114 countries and compiled the report In Japan, France and South Africa, cephalosporins were found to be ineffective in gonorrhea treatment The report shows that Klebsiella pneumoniae, which is resistant to carbapenem, is also spreading globally In some countries, carbapenem has no effect on more than half of the infected patients The report also estimates that patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection may have a 64% higher mortality rate than those with non drug resistant infections Fukuda warned that "if measures are not taken, the era of curable and insignificant infections and wounds leading to death will come" and called for urgent action.
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