Abstracts by keywords: infectious diseases
As part of the 1st Northeast Children's Report of the Northeast Health Sciences Institute of the AOK Nordost, the development of antibiotic use in the pediatric setting was also examined (Witte et al. 2017). In general usage and also in the clinical context, antibiotics refer to active ingredients that inhibit the growth of bacteria or kill them. Due to decades of excessive and untargeted use of antibiotics, the increase in insensitivity of bacterial pathogens has developed into a significant public health problem worldwide. Patients and doctors are increasingly confronted with bacterial strains that are resistant to many common antibiotic agents (WHO 2011). As a result of the increase in so-called multi-resistant pathogens, the duration of treatment, the severity of the disease and the risk of death from serious infections are increasing. The same applies to the resulting costs of appropriate medical care (Aloush et al. 2006; Maragakis et al. 2008; Song et al. 2003; Qavi et al. 2005).