Description: Products to biocontrol drug resistant bacteria that can cause serious infections.
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Prior to the discovery of antibiotics infected minor cuts and scrapes could result in amputation, or worse. Nowadays, with the overuse of antibiotics, particularly in the meat and poultry industries, bacteria are rapidly becoming resistant to all classes of antibiotics. When a new antibiotic is developed, the bacteria -- often referred to as superbugs -- mutate so quickly they are resistant to the antibiotic before very costly clinical trials are completed. Those antibiotics that do make it through the clin
Enterococcus spp. causes a variety of infections, including endocarditis, urinary tract infections, prostatitis, intra-abdominal infection, cellulitis, and wound infection. Escherichia coli Some E. coli strains cause diarrhea, while others cause urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia, and other illnesses. Proteus spp. A common bacterium that can cause complicated UTI, especially in catherized patients. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Designated by WHO as a critical priority, can cause infections
According to CDC’s “Biggest Threats and Data” 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the U.S. each year, and more than 35,000 people die as a result. In addition, 223,900 cases of Clostridium difficile occurred in 2017 and at least 12,800 people died.