Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to essential antibiotics is now “widespread” and rising, with first-choice treatments for common infections of the bloodstream, gastrointestinal tract, and urinary tract getting “increasingly compromised,” according to an Oct. 13 report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The report examined 23 million infections reported across 104 nations and analyzed microbial resistance to 22 antibiotics used for treating eight common bacterial pathogens responsible for four types of infections—bloodstream, urinary tract, gastrointestinal, and urogenital gonorrhea.
