Posted on 02/27/2017 8:19:16 PM PST by MtnClimber
For the first time ever, the World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the highest priority needs for new antibiotics — marching orders, it hopes, for the pharmaceutical industry.
The list, which was released Monday, enumerates 12 bacterial threats, grouping them into three categories: critical, high, and medium.
“Antibiotic resistance is growing and we are running out of treatment options. If we leave it to market forces alone, the new antibiotics we most urgently need are not going to be developed in time,” said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, the WHO’s assistant director-general for health systems and innovation.
“The pipeline is practically dry.”
Three bacteria were listed as critical:
Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria that are resistant to important antibiotics called carbapenems. These are highly drug resistant bacteria that can cause a range of infections for hospitalized patients, including pneumonia, wound, or blood infections.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which are resistant to carbapenems. These bacteria can cause skin rashes and ear infectious in healthy people but also severe blood infections and pneumonia when contracted by sick people in the hospital.
Enterobacteriaceae that are resistant to both carbepenems and another class of antibiotics, cephalosporins. This family of bacteria live in the human gut and includes bugs such as E. coli and Salmonella.
Notably missing from the list is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. That was not included, Kieny said, because the need for new antibiotics to treat it has already been designated the highest priority.
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Roger or Pete or both?
The left’s war against drug companies and the FDA regulatory maze are not helping this problem.
:) A good one!
we only had the regular beetle- never did get a superbug
FYI
I have a fully restored 70 beetle. The beetle when they changed the front suspension, turned to crap...
The market will if the government is not all over it like King Kong holding it down!
People don’t want to die young. Or die nastily when old.
Can’t rmeember what year our beetle was- just remember it being loads of fun to drive- I later owned a VW stationwagon- what a piece of junk it was, but again, fun to drive when it was running good- but wow was it dangerous- was driving a curvy mountain road and came around a corner going about 40, back end just whipped around on me- drop off down a cliff to the right of me- (left of me after i was turned around) and I had to quick do a stunt maneuver to correct it- crank the wheel and jam the brakes to swing front end around- I rolled to a stop and Said “Hmmm- that was interesting” The passengers didn’t agree-
That’s the bad thing about a rear engine vehicle- back end can come around unexpectedly if you’re not aware it can do so- Thankfully we all survived-
A hospital is a very dangerous place indeed.
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