Climate change risks fostering antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'
Climate change risks fostering antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'
https://exbulletin.com/world/health/2677029/
Media Source: ExBulletin (USA)
Date: 1 May 2024
Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are one of the biggest public health threats of our time, and researchers fear climate change will make them even more dangerous. Rising temperatures, increased flooding, increased pollution, and increased population density are all predicted to stimulate bacterial resilience to…
Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are one of the biggest public health threats of our time, and researchers fear climate change will make them even more dangerous. Rising temperatures, increased flooding, increased pollution, and increased population density are all predicted to stimulate bacterial resilience to existing drugs. Pakistan, which suffered devastating floods in 2022, has a particularly serious problem with enteric fever AMR. Researchers found that resistance of certain bacteria that cause typhoid fever to the cephalosporin antibiotics used to treat it had risen to 61 percent in the country by 2019. “The impact of AMR is felt disproportionately in regions with limited resources, exacerbating inequalities,” said Associate Professor of Microbiology at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, who also worked on the study. added Sadia Shakoor.