Lille-Karin Skaret considers himself lucky after the hair of a bacterium resistant to many antibiotics. Norwegian grandmother had just arrived on holiday in India when she broke her leg in a car accident. While in the hospital in India it has failed, before flying home to Norway. From the airport to the hotel was the accident, she said. I returned home, after all. I received a phone call from the doctor and he said that I have a Klebsiella, they found an error that was very dangerous. I had to be very careful, and that people around me were also care. Lille-Karin was colonized but not infected with the potentially deadly bacterium. Klebsiella strain she suffered so stable that there is only one antibiotic available that can be used for treatment. Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Specialist in antimicrobial resistance in the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention puts the matter in context: >> << What is important in the case of Lille Karinsha that the Norwegian health system was unable to immediately cover it and put it in an isolated room until they were ineffectual. It was very important because it probably prevented the hospital on the spread of this bacteria is very stable, she said. Norway has extensive experience in search and contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as those picked Lille-Karin. One reason is that patients hospitalized abroad, tested and isolated. Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Head of the Department of Microbiology and infection control in hospitals of the University of North Norway, explains how the isolation room is: So, a special ventilation system. So when you go Theres a little private room in front, when you first enter, you close the door, you'll go through the washing procedure, and then you can enter a patient room. Other hand to deal with resistance in bacteria to prevent its development in the first place. Doctors here in Tromsø follow strict discipline with antibiotics correctly and only when necessary, and test samples of patients to ensure proper antibiotic use. Gunnar says: And here we see some examples of tests that we do. You see that white carpet on the bottom of food bacteria, and then we can see antibiotics are now impregnated with these bands, and when is the area around you see that this substance effectively kill or inhibit bacteria, wheras, when they grow up only to strip This means that this drug is not effective. With the example of only one strip cleared he continues: And as you can see on this we have no other choice, Theres only one substance that will have no effect on microorganisms. Resistance can develop for several reasons: when too many antibiotics that are used when patients Arent the right antibiotics, take them for the wrong amount of time or when they need them. Bacteria can also mutate and develop resistance independently. And the problem is widespread, as Anna-Pelagia proves: we associate with resistance to antibiotics in the hospital often, but it is important to note that it exists in society as well. Weve seen the last few years that some bacteria actually through continued efforts, some countries have applied could slow down their resistance. On the other hand, we have other bacteria that grow slowly throughout Europe and worldwide, she said. This increase is a threat not only in hospitals but also in society at large. Resistant bacteria can be picked up at any place, and the Italian purchase strattera university professor Paolo Visca learned when he went from the port of Nettuno near Rome on fishing. A few days later he fell ill with severe urinary tract infection. Paolos disturbing symptoms: Initially I had a classic septic fever with chills, profuse sweating, unable to go to the toilet to urinate, so the problem is really serious at the beginning. If he Paolos urinary E. coli infection, which is the most common bacteria that cause these infections. In his case he Escherichia coli resistant to several antibiotics. And that there was going strong that he took antiobiotic, who had worked, and it is not because he was resistant to this and several others. Two months and three courses of different antibiotics for infection Paolos successfully treated. Nobody knows where he took the infection. So he learned from the experience? Never Engage in self, not to treat his illness to myself thinking, you know how to treat it, always go to the doctor, the doctor said. And doctors and patients have a role, and the campaign as European Antibiotic Awareness Day aim to keep this issue at the center of public attention. In Bologna, Mary-Louise Moreau spent the last decade to promote the message that antibiotics should not be abused and should be used properly. She is head of infectious risks in Emilia-Romagna regional health and social services, and more recently to use childhood memories pictures of antibiotic-resistant bacteria as a visual tool for raising awareness. The parents of a Mary-Luisas priority groups and older people nursing homes. The most common infections for which antibiotics are used primarily upper respiratory tract infection in children, because children are at increased risk of infection, often from viruses that are properly treated with antibiotics. Another major group at risk of infection is properly treated with antibiotics urinary infection in adults, she said. The threat is growing, as new strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, spread throughout Europe. However, experts like Anna-Pelagia from the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention believe that this threat can be contained. I think that it may in the future, that if one can correctly use antibiotics, and if methods of infection control used correctly I think we can reverse the situation. But this should be done in a structured form, it must be very serious because it is the patient safety issues, she said. The issue of patient safety, which left lasting memories for those who are faced with these infections are resistant bacteria, called superbakteriy. Houses in Norway, Lille-Karin talks about the event: When I was away from him, I understand more how serious it was. When I was in the middle, I just had to survive from day to day. In Marina di Paolo Nettuno looks back at what happened: In my case I was lucky, and I consider myself relatively lucky, as the number of favorable circumstances allowed me to get the right treatment, in the end. But I think I was faced with a serious risk. The risk that we may face if antibiotics are used only at the right time and in the right direction. antibiotic. ECDC. Europe. EC,,,
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