Superbugs tipped to outlast antibiotics

[Michele]

PREVENTING infections will be the only defence the world will have when it returns to the days of no antibiotics.
The day will come when drugs can no longer fight off bacterial infections, the annual Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) has heard.

The rise in drug-resistant bacterium, known as superbugs, and the need for better infection controls were the focus of the college's two-day conference on the Gold Coast earlier this week.

More than 500 health professionals from across the globe attended the conference, which focussed on preparing for a world without antibiotics.

The ACIPC president Marija Juraja says the superbugs are winning and antibiotics to treat life-threatening infections could become ineffective any time in the near future.

"If we can't treat infections, we're going to have to prevent and control them," Ms Juraja told AAP.

"If you look back to 100 years ago, people coped without antibiotics, so it'll be a matter of going back to what we used to do."


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[Frostbit]

The undeveloped countries will fair better when this day comes.

[Gingersnap]

PREVENTING infections will be the only defence the world will have when it returns to the days of no antibiotics.
The day will come when drugs can no longer fight off bacterial infections, the annual Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) has heard.

The rise in drug-resistant bacterium, known as superbugs, and the need for better infection controls were the focus of the college's two-day conference on the Gold Coast earlier this week.

More than 500 health professionals from across the globe attended the conference, which focussed on preparing for a world without antibiotics.

The ACIPC president Marija Juraja says the superbugs are winning and antibiotics to treat life-threatening infections could become ineffective any time in the near future.

"If we can't treat infections, we're going to have to prevent and control them," Ms Juraja told AAP.

"If you look back to 100 years ago, people coped without antibiotics, so it'll be a matter of going back to what we used to do."


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They'd better get medical types and hospitals to reacquaint themselves with hot water and harsh soaps, then. There are a lot of simple infection control techniques that you never see used thanks to disposable gloves and antibiotics.