Superbacteria are a real threat to humanity. They cause serious hospital infections. First, superbugs appeared in hospitals - they, along with viruses and fungi, are responsible for nosocomial infections. Now they went out to the people. They owe their antibiotic resistance to us, because we have been abusing antibiotics for years, often using them incorrectly. What are the most common superbugs called? What diseases do they cause? And is there a cure for the superbug?
Hospital infections , especially when superbugs are involved, are always worrying - the hospital is supposed to heal us, not infect us. However, the decline in immunity that accompanies the disease, the use of many medical procedures, paves the way for bacteria. The biggest problem with nosocomial infections is the emergence of superbugs that are resistant to antibiotic therapy.
Hospital infections: superbugs on the attack
- Klebsiella pneumoniaeis a stick of pneumonia - it belongs to the group of intestinal bacteria. It is responsible for life-threatening pneumonia, inflammation of the urinary and digestive systems, meningitis and many others, which often end in sepsis and even death. Pneumonia is combated with colistin
- Escherichia coli(coliform bacteria) is a coliform, inhabiting the intestines of humans and animals, responsible for the production of B vitamins and vitamin K. The colon is also found in the ground, in water and places where human waste appears. Some strains of escherichia coli are responsible for serious pneumonia, peritonitis ending in sepsis. E. coli can also cause urinary tract infections and diarrhea. The toxins they produce damage organs in the body. Mutant E-coli bacteria are resistant to penicillins and cephalosoprins
- Staphylococcus aureusis a staphylococcus aureus, which in most of us lives on the mucosa of the nose and throat, and can also be found on the skin. When immunity decreases, it begins to multiply and is the culprit of many serious diseases of the skin (boils, abscesses, strokes, barley), respiratory tract, bones, and meninges. These infections often end in sepsis. There are strainsstaphylococci that do not respond even to very strong antibiotics, such as methicillin (MRSA golden staph) and vancomycin (VISA golden staphylococcus, VRSA - complete resistance)
- Acitnetobacter spp. Inhabit the skin, mucous membranes of the urinary and respiratory systems. These bacteria are responsible for many nosocomial infections: peritonitis, pneumonia, endocarditis, meningitis, skin, wounds, bones and bone marrow. Acitnetobacter spp. Is resistant to penicillins, and some of its strains are also resistant to strong antibiotics from the group of cephalosporins, carbapenems, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones
Superantibiotic against superbugs
Scientists have developed a superantibiotic that can destroy Klebsiella, E-coli and staphylococcus aureus resistant to previously used antibiotics. It's a drug from the glycylcycline group called tigecycline.
Unfortunately, bacteria are also not idle. Indian strains of E-coli and Klebsielli have the enzyme NDM-1 (New Delhi-Metallo-beta-lactam-1), which researchers believe makes them resistant to all antibiotics.
- NEW DELHI is a superbug resistant to all antibiotics. How can you get infected with it?
- Nosocomial infection: the type of infection depends on the hospital ward
- Amount of compensation for nosocomial infection. Compensation and annuity
Report of the program "Stop Hospital Infections. Hospital Hygiene Promotion Program "