Bacterii „superbug” ţi impactul lor asupra sănătăţii umane.

"Superbug" bacteria are microorganisms with multiple antibiotic resistance. They can cause severe infections for which antibiotics are less efficient or even inefficient, leading frequently to death. Due to excessive and often uncontrolled use of antibiotics, without following elementary hygiene measurements for the prevention and control of infections, in ambulatory and hospital alike, bacterial microorganisms suffer mutations that can lead to resistance, by multiple mechanisms, to certain types of drugs, ensuring in this way their survival. Among the most common "superbugs", there are Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., germs from Enterobacteriaceae family - resistant to carbapenem, Acinetobacter baumanni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Neisseria gonorrhoeae) and Gram-positive bacteria (e.g., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile, Enterococcus - resistant to vancomycin). The impact on human health is severe, millions of cases with severe infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths being recorded at a global level. Health organizations throughout the world raised awareness on this serious menace and proposed strategies for preventing and reducing to a minimum this major danger of morbidity and mortality. Thus, we could go back to times when organ transplantation or routine surgeries were not possible or, even worse, women could die again at birth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]