Infections
Nearly half of patients in intensive care units globally contract infections, and 70 percent are being treated with antibiotics, a development that may aid the rise of drug-resistant viruses, researchers announced Tuesday.
Patients who contracted infections were more likely to not survive, specifically if they become septic, a survey of 13,000 patients noted. Still, a major concern that remains is over-prescription of antibiotics in patients without infections, which can lead to antibiotic resistance.
"Importantly, the incidence of sepsis is increasing, as is the number of consequent infection-related deaths," Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent of Erasme University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium and researchers wrote.
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