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They wrote "helped prolong the patients life" in some paragraphs. That kept making me think that in the end the patient did die because of the infection but it
by Insanity 8y ago
They wrote "helped prolong the patients life" in some paragraphs. That kept making me think that in the end the patient did die because of the infection but it just took longer.
However, it appears that the patient is still alive today. That's quite the achievement and opens up interesting ways of beating antibiotic resistance.
Interestingly and semi-related, one of my friends is resistant to antibiotics. Apperantly in her country of origin you can get them pretty much like normal medicine in the pharmacy. People use antibiotics for almost everything, and she did not know about the possibility of developing resistance against it. It was not even 'discovered' until she moved here (Western Europe).
Hopefully more countries will raise awareness around this issue. Because of my bubble I thought everyone would be pretty much aware of it, but as with many things, that was just my bubble :)
- jdietrich 8y ago>They wrote "helped prolong the patients life" in some paragraphs. That kept making me think that in the end the patient did die because of the infection but it just took longer. The patient is alive and well, but her underlying illness (cystic fibrosis) is life-limiting; most CF patients die before the age of fifty and this treatment won't significantly change that life expectancy.
- Insanity 8y agoAh that explains :) Thanks!
- DiseasedBadger 7y agoAre you sure you didn't mean "Ah that explains :(" ?
- Insanity 7y agoPretty sure that was a reply to me instead of the current parent. Yes, :( would have been more appropriate. I did not really think that much about the smiley, and did not use it as a reflection of the fact but more as a reflection on finding out the gap in my thinking.
- perilunar 7y ago> one of my friends is resistant to antibiotics That's a bit weird. People don't become resistant to antibiotics; the bacteria do.