Hidden pandemic of antibiotic-resistant infections, health officials warn

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Antibiotics should be taken only when really needed - and not for coughs, colds or sore throats.

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Some serious bacterial infections have become resistant to treatment with antibiotics

This could encourage harmful bacteria to evade treatment and put everyone's health at risk, the UK Health Security Agency says.And if the bacteria causing their infection no longer responds to treatment with these common medicines, this can cause serious complications and lead to hospital admission.Antibiotics should be taken or prescribed only when really needed, for example to treat bacterial infections such as sepsis, meningitis or pneumonia.

But the proportion of antibiotic-resistant infections grew over the same period, prompting warnings of further increases to come.UKHSA chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins said antimicrobial resistance was a "hidden pandemic" and it was important "we do not come out of Covid-19 and enter into another crisis".

Much of this, the UKHSA says, was driven by reduced demand for antibiotics for respiratory infections last winter, with penicillins showing the greatest fall in prescriptions.

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