Antibiotic Epidemic — A Possible Breakthrough?

In the last century, humankind has made tremendous improvements in the field of medicine and public health. Specifically, the revolutionizing discovery of penicillin, the first ever antibiotic, by Sir Alexander Fleming has opened a new chapter in the history of tackling common diseases. However, the glory of antibiotic medicine did not last long. The rise in antibiotic resistance halted the miraculous progress of the medicine’s efficacy, and the significance of this phenomenon is often underestimated. Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) means that traditional treatments, which were previously effective, become ineffective. The infection becomes untreatable. According to a study reported in the Lancet, the death count directly caused by bacterial AMR in 2019 was about 1.27 million, surpassing the deaths caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or malaria, which are other well-known leading causes of death annually. <a href="https://medium.com/@moominlee77/antibiotic-epidemic-a-possible-breakthrough-7ddd6d70c966">Click Here</a>