The antibiotic apocalypse

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3013, 2015, pág. 23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Infections resistant to antibiotics kill at least 25,000 people in Europe annually. Moreover, antibiotics to prevent incidental infection are essential for many medical procedures, from operations to cancer treatment. These will become difficult, or impossible, to carry out as resistance rises. An independent panel appointed by the UK government last year has estimated that if new treatments do not become available, global deaths could soar to 10 million a year by 2050 at a cost to the economy of $100 trillion.