Lighthouse News Daily

Breaking Daily News

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Log in
  • Headlines
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • World
  • Latest News
    • Inflatable Greenhouse Could Be A Food Source In The Outer Space
    • YouTube for Children Being Launched by Google
    • Some Animals Produce Natural Sunscreen to Protect Themselves from Radiation, New Study Shows
    • A New Genetic Map Tracks Down Dog Breeds And Their Evolution
    • Lack Of Sleep Causes Brain Cells To Slow Down
    • Meet Lyuba, the Best-Preserved Baby Mammoth in the World
    • Reports of Great White Shark Spottings Around Wells, Maine
    • Minecraft Adds Hour of Code Designer Tutorial
    • The de Broglie-Bohm Theory Is Back and It’s Surreal
    • Could High Carbon Dioxide Concentration Make Earth Greener?
You are here: Home / Health / Drug-Resistant Typhoid Strain Spreads Throughout The World

Drug-Resistant Typhoid Strain Spreads Throughout The World

May 12, 2015 By Janice Bower Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories,NIAID,NIH Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading cultured human cells.

Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories,NIAID,NIH
Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading cultured human cells.

A new strain of typhoid has emerged and healthcare workers everywhere have had trouble finding an antibiotic that it isn’t resistant to. A recent study dubbed it the “superbug” strain and designated it to the family H58.

74 scientist in roughly two dozen countries across the planet have teamed up to research the typhoid “superbug” that has spread worldwide in hope of finding a way to slow it down and stop it from claiming more lives. They found that it originated in South Asia, about 25 or 30 years ago.

For those not in the know, typhoid is a bacterial infection caused by a bacteria called Salmonella Typhi and contracted when eating or drinking contaminated goods. The symptoms include induces high fever, weakness, abdominal pain, headaches, nausea and constipation. Victims are likely to experience confusion and notice rose colored spots on their chest once the infection has set in.

The death rate associated with typhoid is about 20 percent.

H58 is a particularly ugly stain that healthcare workers have described as “previously under-appreciated and an ongoing epidemic”. It’s “displacing other typhoid strains that have been established over decades and centuries throughout the typhoid endemic world, completely transforming the genetic architecture of the disease”.

Gordon Dougan, senior study author and professor at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Britain, gave a statement saying that H58 is a very good example of the increasing number of drug resistant pathogens that have plagued the Earth as of late.

Vanessa Wong, study author and microbiologist at the University of Cambridge, stressed that H58 is resistant to several of the first-line antibiotics that are normally used to treat the disease and that the strain is continuing evolve and acquire new immunity to newer drugs.

Vaccines are available for the disease, however due to their so called “limited cost-effectiveness” they are generally not used in developing countries. This is an unpleasant reality, as the poorer countries such as Asia and Africa are exactly the ones threatened by H58 (and typhoid in general) more than the rest.

Dr. Wanda Filer, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, shared that most strains of typhoid can be treated with common antibiotics and that they have been used as a preventive measure as well. It’s precisely because of this that there is a rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

She does however brings good news for those in developed countries, informing that the vaccine is 50 percent to 80 percent effective against all strains of typhoid once administered, even against the new antibiotic-resistant ones. She recommends that you get vaccinated if you’re traveling to parts of the world where there’s an outbreak.

Wong thought it important to point out that 30 million people are affected by typhoid every year, and that global studies such as this one are critical to addressing the increasing number of multi-drug resistant typhoid strains.

Image Source: wikimedia.org

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Health

Pages

  • About/Contact
  • AccomplishNow Sandra Rechsteiner | A Journey to Self-Acceptance
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 17 other subscribers

Controversial Cybersecurity Bill quietly Passes in the U.S. Senate

October 27, 2015 By David Kellen Leave a Comment

It’s about John Snow and his twin sister and how they were both separated at birth.

Jon Snow Has a Twin

August 31, 2015 By Barbara Mast Leave a Comment

Google to Test Modular Smartphone in Puerto Rico

January 15, 2015 By Jeremy Kennedy Leave a Comment

U.S. Embassy Offers Emergency Services Only in Yemen

January 26, 2015 By David Kellen Leave a Comment

While revealing Ashley Madison names was the first part that was revealed , the next step is having pictures, chats and private messagepublished.

Ashley Madison Hackers Will Reveal More Soon

August 23, 2015 By Janice Bower Leave a Comment

Walmart Launches Cash Pickup for Tax Refunds

January 20, 2015 By David Kellen Leave a Comment

Report: North Korea Hacked By NSA Prior to Sony Breach

January 20, 2015 By David Kellen Leave a Comment

Three Muslim Students Killed in Apartment Near Chapel Hill

February 11, 2015 By Joseph Decker Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • patient and doctor shaking hands

    Always Seeing the Same Doctor Lowers Early Death Risk (Study)

    Jun 29, 2018
  • people who work out

    What Happens When You Work Out

    Jun 28, 2018
  • female flight attendant

    Flight Attendants, More Likely to Develop Some Types of Cancer (Study)

    Jun 26, 2018
  • overweight person

    Body-Positive Movement Likely Contributes to Obesity Crisis (Study)

    Jun 25, 2018
  • Alzheimer's symptoms

    Herpes Virus Might Be Linked to Alzheimer’s (Study)

    Jun 22, 2018
  • cup of coffee

    Coffee Might Be Good for Your Heart, But with a Limit (Study)

    Jun 22, 2018
  • Parkinson's in the brain

    Parkinson’s Drugs Can Make People Gamblers or Sex Addicts

    Jun 21, 2018
  • freshly-made pizza

    Why Your Brain Loves Fatty, High-Carb Foods (Study)

    Jun 19, 2018
  • group of teens

    Teens Having Less Sex, Doing Less Drugs, More Are Depressed

    Jun 15, 2018
  • woman sleeping

    Too Much or Too Little Sleep are Both Bad for Your Health (Study)

    Jun 14, 2018

Categories

  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized
  • World

Copyright © 2021 lighthousenewsdaily.com

About | Contact · Staff · Terms and Conditions · Privacy Policy