War-torn Ukraine has become a breeding ground for lethal drug-resistant bacteria
Now deep into its third year, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has become a breeding ground for bacteria that can withstand the world’s most potent antibiotics. “It’s eye-opening just how incredibly resistant some of the bacteria coming out of Ukraine are. I haven’t seen anything like it,” says Jason Bennett, director of the Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR).
Ringing alarm bells the loudest is Klebsiella pneumoniae, a pathogen that globally causes one in five deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Disease detectives have cultured hypervirulent Klebsiella from Ukrainian casualties, including strains described in a paper in the December issue of the Journal of Infection that are pandrug resistant—in other words, no single antibiotic can vanquish them.
https://www.science.org/content/article/war-torn-ukraine-has-become-breeding-ground-lethal-drug-resistant-bacteria
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