" Antibiotics are not automatic. All French people know the refrain. And yet, according to a report published this Wednesday by Public Health France and relayed by The Parisian, these drugs are still far too prescribed in our country. In 2021, approximately 700 prescriptions for antibiotics were issued per 1,000 inhabitants.France thus ranks fourth among the European countries that consume the most antibiotics. Behind Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. A quasi-podium which we would have done well without. Antibiotics, discovered at...
This is how antibiotic-resistant genes spread between bacteria Now, for the first time, the Structure of the transport apparatus shown, the the Allows spread of antibiotic-resistant genes between bacteria. A better understanding of how these antibiotic-resistant genes spread could help to stop or at least curb the spread of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in the future. In a new study involving experts from University College London (UCL) was analyzed as the so-called bacterial conjugation enables unidirectional transfer of DNA from a donor...
Reason for concern: In recent years, typhoid bacteria have increasingly developed new antibiotic resistance, as revealed by genetic analysis. The mutations make the pathogens immune to modern emergency antibiotics and are now spreading from India. This development is worrying, stress the researchers in the journal The Lancet Microbe. In extreme cases, this could mean that no oral remedy for typhoid fever works. More than eleven million people contract typhoid fever every year and around 100,000 die from it, mainly in...
There is no shortage of warnings - and have been for many years. "Resistance to antibiotics is a global threat to human health," writes Ryan Seipke from the University of Leeds in the journal Science. "There is an urgent need to discover new antibiotics whose modes of action circumvent the prevailing mechanisms of resistance."Doctors speak of antibiotic resistance when the disease-causing bacteria are not eliminated by an antibiotic - contrary to what was hoped. How often this happens was described...
study Antibiotics could reduce vaccination effectiveness in children Child vaccination with a 6-fold combination vaccine. Taking antibiotics could reduce vaccine efficacy in children, new study suggests. © Julian Stratenschulte / DPA 04/28/2022, 08:45 3 min reading time Can antibiotics have a negative effect on the effectiveness of vaccination in children? At least that's what a US study suggests. Independent experts initially consider the thesis to be "conclusive". If young children are prescribed antibiotics, various vaccinations could have a worse effect....
Of Hanno CharisiusAccording to a study involving 560 children, taking antibiotics in the first few months of life could lead to reduced immunization protection. This is reported by a research group from Rochester University led by physician Michael Pichichero in the journal pediatrics. Although a causal connection only seems plausible so far, it has not yet been proven by further studies. Nevertheless, experts emphasize that this is a clear reminder to be very cautious about prescribing antibiotics, especially for infants...
With the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) drew attention to the widespread spread of tuberculosis (TB) - accordingly, it delivers RKI a catalog of measures to ensure the care of Ukrainian refugees suffering from TB. The upcoming Ebersberg General Practitioner Forum is also dedicated to TB, an "almost forgotten" disease, as it says there. In an interview with the SZ, the organizer and medical coordinator of the practices in the district of Ebersberg, Marc...
Antibiotics Report More deaths than from malaria and HIV: antibiotic resistance responsible for 1.2 million deaths Escherichia coli was one of the germs that most often caused problems with resistance. © Maksym Yemelyanov/ / Picture Alliance The most important remedy for bacterial infections are antibiotics. However, if the bacteria develop resistance, this becomes a problem. Even harmless infections can be fatal. Antibiotics are considered an important achievement in the fight against bacteria. But it is precisely these that seem to...
Bless you Organizations: No reserve antibiotics for animals Celebrities, politicians and organizations are calling for antibiotics that are particularly important for humans to be banned from industrial animal husbandry. Photo: Christin Klose / dpa-tmn © dpa-infocom GmbH If even reserve antibiotics no longer help, people will lose their lives. It is estimated that 33,000 people die annually in the EU as a result. Celebrities, politicians and organizations are calling for antibiotics that are particularly important for humans to be banned...
The French take fewer antibiotics. Above all, this trend observed for several years has been strongly accentuated by the Covid-19 crisis. The consumption of these drugs fell in 2020, Public Health France announced on Tuesday. In a study carried out using data on reimbursements made by Social Security, the organization measured the evolution of "defined daily doses", that is to say the reference dose of each antibiotic for an adult of average weight, relative to the French population. She also...
