Between January 2016 to October 2017 there were about 22 patients at AIIMS Trauma Center who were not even responding to antibiotics colistin used as the last option. All these patients were suffering from multi-drug resistant infection which is spread due to pneumonia of gram negative bacteria. Research conducted by scientists from AIIMS, CMC Vellore and America’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that 10 out of 22 patients, i.e. about 45 percent, died within 15 days of being admitted to the hospital. Went. The remaining 12 patients were saved but had to remain hospitalized for about 23 days and had to be given very powerful medicines.
Colistin antibiotic
colistin, formed in 1959 , is one of the first antibiotics discovered in 1959 and was considered to be highly effective against gram-negative bacteria. However, there were some side effects of this medicine as well – such as harm to the kidneys, hence the use of this medicine was stopped and instead of using more safe antibiotics. But recently, this drug was reintroduced because no new antibiotics were successful in treating the infection.
22 cases of colistin resistance shocking
Dr. Sumit Ray, an expert in critical care, says 22 cases of colistin resistance in the same hospital in 2 years show how serious this case has become. In the past several times, one or two cases of colistin resistance were reported in ICU settings but the presence of such a large number of patients shows the problem of increasing multi-drug resistance in India and it is also a very worrying case.
The need to stop multi-drug resistant organisms In
this study of AIIMS, the researchers found that all 22 patients were not only resistant to antibiotics but also to many other high end drugs such as carbapenems, extended spectrum cephalosporins and pinicillin B lactamase. In this research published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidomology, scientists have warned that doctors, microbiologists and public health authorities all need to act together to prevent the spread of this multi-drug resistant organism.
Even simple infection will be difficult to stop
Such multi-drug resistant diseases are increasingly due to the rampant use of antibiotics in humans as well as animals, lack of healthcare facility to prevent infections, lack of clean and safe drinking water and lack of sanitation facilities. Is spreading from The World Health Organization WHO has identified antimicrobial resistance AMR as one of the 10 biggest threats worldwide. The WHO has issued a warning that if the use of all types of antibiotics is not controlled, human civilization will be in danger and once again reach a situation where there is no cure for infections like pneumonia, tuberculosis and gonorrhea.
Do not do self-medication at all,
although the Government of India has tried to spread awareness about the misuse of antibiotics, but the tradition of eating self-medication by people all over the country has increased rapidly without asking the doctor. Sometimes doctors also prescribe too much antibiotic. For example- Sometimes doctors prescribe antibiotics for the treatment of seasonal cold cough, while the disease is caused by the virus.
