Almost all infectious diseases physicians have had the dreaded call about patients with infections that were essentially untreatable because of antimicrobial resistance, says a Monash University professor.
  • BumbleBeeBleep@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    “Running out” is a bit of a weird title here, it doesn’t mean that some deposit is running dry. There are more and more bacteria getting resistant for more and more types of antibiotics, making them no longer effective. Even a bottomless supply of antibiotics is useless if it doesn’t actually kill the things it’s supposed to kill.

    I suppose the “running out” part would mean that there are only so many types of antibiotics, if none of them are effective anymore (or not enough of them are effective enough) we would be in some deep shit.

    (being in deep shit may cause a severe risk of bacterial infection, I highly recommend not being in such a situation)

    • HurlingDurling@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      So this has been reported for years now. We aren’t running out of antibiotics. We are running out of options like you said. The real reason is that doctors would prescribe stronger antibiotics than were needed. Also, people would stop taking the full course because they felt better before then, and lastly, farms give antibiotics to their animals just in case, so any bacteria that would survive any of these is allowed to reproduce and become resistant to antibiotics.