Paper Demonstrates Tremendous Healthcare Costs Associated with Antibiotic Resistance
Mar 05, 2021
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Christina Baum
A new paper from CDC and the University of Utah published in Clinical Infectious Diseases estimates that the national healthcare costs associated with infections caused by six antibiotic-resistant pathogens cost more than $4.6 billion each year. The paper adds to the body of evidence outlining the tremendous impact of antibiotic resistance, building upon CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Threats Report , which found that, “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.”
The six pathogens frequently found in health care settings were listed in the 2019 AR Threats Report as causing nearly 622,400 total infections in 2017:
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE)
Extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Enterobacterales suggestive of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production
Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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