What’s AntimicrobialResistance❓ Let's put it this way: An infection that previously could have been easily treated with antibiotics can become life-threatening because of AMR. WAAW
, vice president of Infectious Diseases & Emerging Science Policy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization . We spoke to Arthur, who has spent nearly three decades working in the biopharmaceutical industry to fight infectious diseases, about what drives AMR, its impact on women's health, why it was exacerbated by theWhat is antimicrobial resistance?
This is called antimicrobial resistance, and it means that over time, the bacteria that were very susceptible to a new antibiotic on day one have evolved enough to escape being treated or affected by that antibiotic later on.Women have a high number of medical interventions and therefore interact with the healthcare system as part of their lives. Some of these experiences, unfortunately, make women more susceptible to what we'll call opportunistic bacterial infections.
But you also have what we call all-hazards events: hurricanes, fires, mass shootings — events that cause people to be hurt and in the hospital for other reasons. These situations, and any other events involving mass hospitalizations, carry significant risk of secondary infections, including those from resistant bacteria.
There's also a different problem: Newer antibiotics are sometimes not used by hospitals because of barriers to adequate reimbursement of novel products. Current Medicare in-hospital payment discourages the use of new AMR medicines because hospitals will lose money — even in situations in which these medicines are clinically appropriate. This creates a barrier to patient access and contributes to the poor uptake of AMR medicines.
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