The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance

• Summary:

The World Health Organization found that the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, fungi and parasites are not going to let last the standard treatments working, all the infections are being harder to control and there are a lot more of risks (spreading infections, illness,...). This has happened because people use antibiotics routinely, by their own. Now, a a lot of treatments using antibiotics have failed and for examples, the number of pations suffering pneumonia and bloodstream infections are growing so much. 

To conclude, what people have to do is to minimize the overuse of antibiotics to stop the development of resistant pathogens. 

• Opinion:

It is true that a lot of people takes drugs without knowing its function. Antibiotic has to be taken in specific cases, when you really need it because if people don't, then happens that pathogens become resistant to it. The fight we have versus this little microorganisms is incredible.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-antibiotic-resistance.html