EU:s smittskyddsmyndighet ECDC beräknar i en ny studie publicerad i The Lancet att 33 000 EU-medborgare dör varje år till följd av antibiotikaresistenta bakterier.
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”67,9% (115 of 170) of the total DALYs per 100 000 were caused by infections with four antibiotic-resistant bacteria with the largest effect on health in our study: third-generation cephalosporin-resistant E coli, MRSA, carbapenem-resistant P aeruginosa, and third-generation cephalosporin-resistant K pneumoniae.”
”We estimated that 63,5% (426 277 of 671 689) of cases of infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria were associated with health care, resulting in 72,4% (23 976 of 33 110) of attributable deaths and 74,9% (127 of 180) of DALYs per 100 000 population.”
”Among adults, the burden increases with age, suggesting that the ageing EU and EEA population could result in an increasing burden.”
”Our finding of 170 DALYs per 100 000 population is similar to the combined burden of three major infectious diseases (influenza, tuberculosis, and HIV), which was 183 DALYs per 100 000 population”
”Considering that, in our study, a large proportion of the burden was due to health-care-associated bloodstream, respiratory tract, or surgical site infections, and that more than half of health-care-associated infections are considered preventable, reducing the burden of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and EEA through enhanced infection prevention and control measures could be an achievable goal.”
Artikeln understryker med all tydlighet behovet av fortsatt arbete mot antibiotikaresistens i Sverige och resten av världen
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