Tag: Carbapenem

  • Drug- resistant infections will cause 40 million deaths by 2050

    Drug- resistant infections will cause 40 million deaths by 2050

    The number of deaths caused by Carbapenem- resistant Gram-negative bacteria have increased by 149.51% in the last 20 years. There have been reductions in the number of children dying from drug-resistant infections over the past 3 decades, but the rate of deaths for people over 70 has gone up. Carbapenem drugs are a class of…