What bothers you more, bird flu or the growing problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria and why?
Question:
i'm bothered more by multidrug resistant bacteria because you just have to get a little cut to get a bacterial infection you have to come in contact with an infected bird/possibly human to get bird flu.
just wondering what your thoughts are.
Answers:
I'm with you the emerging new bacteria with the increase in resistance is more serious than the bird flow
hospital acquired infections are a major problem but they are not getting the same attention by the media as the bird flu!
Other Answers:
I am more bothered with drug-resistent bacteria because majority of poor people can't afford the treatment costs.
For example: Tuberculosis & Methicillin Resistant (or multiple-antibiotic-resistant) Staphylococcus Aureus.
Another aspect in the resurgence of the disease (TB) is the development of drug resistant strains which now affect up to 50 million people. These strains can be created by bad medical practice such as over-prescribing antibiotics or patients not taking the drugs long enough to get rid of the disease. Instead this encourages the bacteria to become tougher.
Treating patients with drug resistant TB is beyond the pocket of many developing countries. The cost of treatment can rise from $2000 per patient with non-resistant TB to $250,000 for multi-drug resistant TB.
The multi drug resistant strains are often fatal and have mortality rates that are comparable with those which existed before the development of antibiotics.
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