Potential antibiotic resistance threat looms: 5 study notes

Becker's Healthcare December 27, 2024
Elizabeth Gregerson

Failure to prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria could result in an 18-fold increase of sepsis deaths in the U.S., according to a study published Dec. 26 in Communications Medicine.

Researchers from Flagstaff-based Northern Arizona University, Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University and Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota used publicly available and de-identified data to model the effect a single, hypothetical strain of pan-resistant E. coli could have on sepsis mortality.

Here are five notes from the study:

1. Multi-drug resistance, when a bacteria is resistant to three or more antibiotics, has become more common in sepsis-causing bacteria, the researchers said. Pan-resistance can occur if a bacteria becomes resistant to all known antibiotics, making treatment difficult.
2. Death from sepsis has...

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