Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

We studied drug-resistant bacteria on hospital surfaces in six countries. This is what we found

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par Maria Nieto-Rosado, PhD student, University of Oxford
Katy Thomson, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oxford
Kirsty Sands, Scientific Lead, Global Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Research, University of Oxford
Timothy R Walsh, Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Oxford

Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria and other microbes that can cause infections gain the ability to resist treatment by antibiotics or other antimicrobial medicines.

Pneumonia, urinary tract infections and sepsis are some of the infections that are usually treated with antibiotics.

Newborn babies are particularly at risk from infections by antimicrobial resistant bacteria. This is because of their immature immune systems.

The risk to babies is greatest in low- and middle-income countries, where infections among newborns are 3…

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