Tuesday, February 24, 2015

British Commission Reports Superbug Bacterial can Million Lives

According to a study of British Commission on SuperBug bacteria infection and its impact on human race is very alarming. Drug resistance cases reported in year 2014 were 0.7 million and up to year 2050, it can raise to 10 million.

CNN reporter break the story sounding a very high number of deaths are expected from this drug resistance bacteria. It carries with it malaria and other deadly viruses. And drug is given to patient, bacteria respond to antibiotics and make the drug ineffective rather dangerous to immune system.


Cancer deaths each year are around 8.2 million. If we look into future, drug resistance SuperBug bacteria would surpass cancer deaths. Investment to control the disease will be very higher. A fare approximate is around $100 trillion US dollars till 2050. Current US, UK and Europe spending on its control are $70 trillion dollars.

In US, doctors when over prescribe a medicine antiobio-6. It becomes dangerous to immune system and favors the antibiotic resistance bacteria. British commission on SuperBug said that antimicrobial resistance can take lives of more than 317,000 North Americans, 390,000 Europeans, 392,000 South Americans, 4,150,000 Africans and 4,730,000 Asians. It is not only impacting developed countries but very very dangerous for poor and struggling nations of Africa and Asia.

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