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The rise of antibiotic resistant infections.

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    Posted: May 22 2016 at 4:58pm


A new report on the dangers of antibiotic-resistant superbugs warns that if major steps aren't taken to combat the threat, by 2050 such infections could kill 10 million people a year worldwide -- an average of one death every three seconds.

The report, commissioned by the U.K. government and headed by British economist Jim O'Neill, analyzes the global threat of antimicrobial resistance and lays out strategies to help reverse the deadly trend.

Now, after 19 months of consultation and eight commissioned studies -- each focusing on a specific aspect of antimicrobial resistance -- the final recommendations have been made public.

The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance reports that up to 50,000 lives are currently lost each year to antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. and Europe alone, and that across the globe, at least 700,000 people a year die due to drug-resistant illnesses -- bacterial infections including tuberculosis and MRSA.

If left unchecked, the spread of these lethal infections could lead to "an extremely disturbing 10 million [deaths] every year, more people than currently die from cancer," the report said.

The overuse of antibiotics means more bugs are developing resistance to the drugs and can't be wiped out through standard treatment. If antibiotics lose their effectiveness to fight infections, routine operations such cesarean sections, joint replacements, and gut surgeries will carry higher risks including death. Cancer patients with suppressed immune systems will be further compromised. Low and middle-income countries will be especially at risk, the report said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/superbugs-could-kill-more-people-than-cancer-report-warns/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=24686933&ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=24717155

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More the same news from the BBC with a good graph of where deaths might be.  As bad as this will be, it won't make much of a dent in the population rises in African and Asia.
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