Thanks to physician friend Ed Myer M.D. for forwarding this graphic and the accompanying article
Deaths due to Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Much More Common Than Thought
By Kelly Young
Edited by
- Susan Sadoughi, MD, and
- Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM
Antibiotic-resistant organisms in 2013 were responsible for nearly twice as many U.S. fatalities as previously reported -- amounting to 44,000 per year -- according to a new CDC report on antibiotic resistance. The report used new data from electronic health records to both revise the 2013 estimates and provide incidence trends through 2017.
In a bit of good news, since 2013 prevention efforts have lowered the death rate by 18% overall and by 28% in hospitals. Antibiotic-resistant microbes are now responsible for 35,000 deaths and more than 2.8 million infections every year in the U.S.
Also notable in the report:
-- Two drug-resistant organisms -- Candida auris and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter -- have been bumped up to "urgent threats" on the list of 18 resistant microbes that are threats to human health.
-- The CDC mentioned three microbes that bear monitoring: azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus, drug-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium, and drug-resistant Bordetella pertussis.
Link(s):
CDC's Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 report (Free) http://response.jwatch.
Background: Physician's First Watch coverage of antibiotic stewardship programs (Free) http://response.jwatch.
By Kelly Young
Edited by
- Susan Sadoughi, MD, and
- Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM
Antibiotic-resistant organisms in 2013 were responsible for nearly twice as many U.S. fatalities as previously reported -- amounting to 44,000 per year -- according to a new CDC report on antibiotic resistance. The report used new data from electronic health records to both revise the 2013 estimates and provide incidence trends through 2017.
In a bit of good news, since 2013 prevention efforts have lowered the death rate by 18% overall and by 28% in hospitals. Antibiotic-resistant microbes are now responsible for 35,000 deaths and more than 2.8 million infections every year in the U.S.
Also notable in the report:
-- Two drug-resistant organisms -- Candida auris and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter -- have been bumped up to "urgent threats" on the list of 18 resistant microbes that are threats to human health.
-- The CDC mentioned three microbes that bear monitoring: azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus, drug-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium, and drug-resistant Bordetella pertussis.
Link(s):
CDC's Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 report (Free) http://response.jwatch.
Background: Physician's First Watch coverage of antibiotic stewardship programs (Free) http://response.jwatch.
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