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If worldwide action is not taken to combat antibiotic misuse and the development of antimicrobial resistance, from 2014 – 2050 it is estimated that 300 million people could die prematurely due to drug resistance and $60 – 100 trillion of economic output would be lost. [24]
General practitioners sometimes overprescribe antibiotics in mild sore throat or ear infections, due to concerns over infection complications. [12] Antibiotics are often overused due to physicians’ overprescription or unreasonable medical requests made by patients. Unlike other prescription drugs, antibiotics are not addictive. [citation needed]
Antibiotic resistance—when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections—is now a major threat to public health." [16] Each year, nearly 5 million deaths are associated with AMR globally. [7] In 2019, global deaths attributable to AMR numbered 1.27 million in 2019.
Many people think it could be a coronavirus—like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes illness with Covid-19—or a new strain of influenza, Dr Russo said. “But it could be brand new,” he added.
The number of patients with an antibiotic-resistance infection rose by 4% in 2022.
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, the ...
Self-prescribing of antibiotics is an example of misuse. [106] Many antibiotics are frequently prescribed to treat symptoms or diseases that do not respond to antibiotics or that are likely to resolve without treatment. Also, incorrect or suboptimal antibiotics are prescribed for certain bacterial infections.
A 2004 study showed that people in the United States with S. aureus infection had, on average, three times the length of hospital stay (14.3 vs. 4.5 days), incurred three times the total cost ($48,824 vs. $14,141), and experienced five times the risk of in-hospital death (11.2% vs 2.3%) than people without this infection. [123]