Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Another type of pandemic? “We still face two trends that spell potential disaster: new classes of drugs are not being invented and resistance to existing drugs continues to spread inexorably.”
January 22nd, 2018“…..The risks posed by AMR have continued to intensify in the five years since the 2013 report. Numerous welcome initiatives have been launched, but concrete successes in addressing the two drivers identified above remain elusive. We still face two trends that spell potential disaster: new classes of drugs are not being invented and resistance to existing drugs continues to spread inexorably. The stakes are incredibly high—if resistance overtakes all our available antibiotics, it would spell the “the end of modern medicine”.…..”
The Pharmaceutical Journal. 2017. “Chief Medical Officer Warns Antibiotic Resistance Could Signal ‘End of Modern Medicine’”. The Pharmaceutical Journal. 17 October 2017. http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/news/chief-medical-officer-warns-antibiotic-resistance-could-signal-end-of-modern-medicine/20203745.article
Selected AMR Rates
Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to Oxadcillin (MRSA), % Resistant (invasive isolates)
Resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to Cephalosporins (3rd gen), % Resistant (invasive isolates)
Source: Figure courtesy Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. Used with permission via Creative Commons license. https://resistancemap.cddep.org/AntibioticResistance.php
Note: Countries in white indicate no data available.