Super germs: dead in Europe, because there is no antidote for MRSA & Co. – here's how you protect yourself

Bacteria are not bad in themselves, our body even needs them to maintain the gastrointestinal flora or the natural protective barrier of the skin. But there are also germs that are dangerous for us: super germs, in the jargon of multi-resistant pathogens (MRE).

MRSA, the most dangerous pathogen – most antibiotics do not work

Only a few antibiotics – the most important antidotes to MRE – demonstrate activity against germs as they have developed resistance to antibiotics. The best-known super-germ is probably MRSA – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also called hospital germ. In this pathogen, most antibiotics do not work, as reported by the portal of the German Medical Association and the Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung Patienten-Information.de.

Reports of deaths from MRSA infections in clinics have fueled anxiety in recent years – but what many do not know: For healthy people, contact with multidrug-resistant pathogens is completely safeYour immune system can easily deal with pathogens. This becomes problematic when a patient from the hospital or nursing home becomes infected with an EMR – with a weakened defense system, a multidrug-resistant germ can easily play a role and can lead to inflammation of the lungs and the life-threatening heart, as well as a deadly intoxication to the blood.

More information on the dangerous multidrug-resistant pathogens in the video:

Therapy for super-germ infection: researchers seek alternatives to antibiotics

The most important weapons against bacterial infections are currently antibiotics – but as many antibiotics in resistant pathogens have no effect, it still results in deaths. This is why doctors are looking for new antibacterial agents, including a Franco-German research team, as reported in Science.de portal. The researchers were successful and found a so-called lipopeptide antibiotic, which showed activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria as well as MRSA germ.Until it is used as a new drug, however, further investigations are needed.

At the study

Those who want to protect themselves and others from multidrug-resistant pathogens must first and foremost regular hand washing eighth. This makes the spread of germs difficult.

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