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Pathogens Affecting Critically Ill PatientsOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The aim of this work is to highlight the rising problem of
antimicrobial resistance especially among critically ill patients and
measures to minimize and eliminate this problem.
Antimicrobials have been extremely substantial backbone of
clinical medicine since the second half of the 20th century and have saved
an uncountable number of people from life-threatening infections.
Since the resistance to the first commercial antimicrobial agent
(penicillin) was identified in 1948, almost every known bacterial
pathogen has progressed resistance to one or more antibiotics in clinical
use.
Unfortunately, although antibiotic resistance has increased, the
evolution of novel antimicrobial drugs has significantly reduced over the
past 30 years. The loss of effective antibiotics will undermine our ability
to fight infectious diseases and manage the infectious complications
common in powerless patients.
So most recent studies provided various measures and strategies to
eliminate this issue including: Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing,
establishing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPS), proper
education of health care workers, Commitment to infection control
protocols as Hygiene and Disinfection and finally finding ways for The
Development of Novel Antibiotics.