A team of researchers here has been granted $10 million for a five-year project to find ways to fight superbugs or drug-resistant bacteria, which cause infections that are difficult to treat with existing antibiotics.
Globally, there has been a rise in bacterial infections that do not respond to carbapenem antibiotics, which are potent and often used as a last-resort treatment.
In Singapore, carbapenem-resistant bacteria are confined to the hospitals. There are more than 1,500 carbapenem-resistant infections here each year, accounting for approximately 30 deaths and more than 1,000 excess hospital bed-days, as those infected required longer hospital stays.
However, in several countries – especially in South Asia – these bacteria are infecting people in the community as well, said Professor Hsu Li Yang, corresponding principal investigator in the AntiMicrobial Resistance Research and Intervention Alliance Singapore (Amritas) team conducting the study.
Hundreds of preventable deaths occur in Asia and Singapore each year as a result of carbapenem-resistant bacterial infections (CR-GNB), added Prof Hsu, the vice-dean of global health at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
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