Study: Drug-resistant infections more deadly than HIV

A study published in the medical journal "The Lancet" today, Thursday, showed that antibiotic-resistant infections killed more people than the number of people who died from HIV or malaria in 2019, as the common infection became Previously resistant to available treatments could be treated.

The study quoted the "Bloomberg" news agency, quoting the study, that drug-resistant bacterial infections directly led to 1.27 million deaths, and also had a role in nearly 5 million deaths in 2019.

Scientists have sounded the alarm for years about the danger of a stubborn infection that resists even the most powerful antibiotics.

The study - an attempt to compile a first comprehensive tally by collecting data from hundreds of countries - suggests deaths are accelerating at a faster rate than expected.

“Previous estimates have predicted 10 million deaths annually due to antimicrobial resistance by 2050, but we now know for sure that we are already much closer to that number,” said Chris Murray, a professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington and one of the study co-authors. than we thought."

"This new data reveals the true extent of antimicrobial resistance worldwide, and is a clear indication that we must act now," he said.

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