Thursday, 09 June 2011
The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continues to grow. New
figures from the Swedish Disease Control show that the reported 1579
cases of methicillin-resistant staphylococci, MRSA, in 2010 was really
an increase of seven percent compared to 2009.
Multi-resistant intestinal bacteria, ESBL, are growing even stronger.
In 2010, 4983 cases reported were reported, an increase of 33 percent.
Advetisement
ESBL bacteria
can cause severe infections in people who have been hospitalized.
Several outbreaks, with occasional deaths have been reported in health
care environements.
“The threat of ESBL-producing bacteria is multifaceted and bacteria are
always one step ahead of man. New and even more difficult to treat
types of ESBL are described from many continents and will also pop up
in Sweden, "says Barbro Olsson Liljequist, chief microbiologist at
Smittskyddsinstitutet, SMI to radio Sweden.
By Scancomark.se
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