An Antibiotic is an agent that either
kills or inhibits the growth of a microorganism. The world is now facing a
grave situation: it is losing the battle against infectious diseases; bacteria
are fighting back and are becoming resistant to modern medicine; in short,
pharmaceutical drugs don’t work. If resistance is allowed to increase, in a few
decades people may start dying from the most commonplace of ailments that today
can be treated easily. In fact, the ability of organisms to develop resistance
to the effects of antimicrobial therapies developed to kill them is potentially
the greatest challenge to healthcare in the 21st century.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a form
of drug resistance whereby some sub-populations of a microorganism, usually a
bacterial species, are able to survive after exposure to one or more
antibiotics. Pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics are considered
multidrug resistant (MDR) or, more colloquially, superbugs.
The US and world are in the beginning of
an emerging crisis of Antibiotic resistance for microbial pathogens. Epidemic antibiotic resistance has been
described in numerous pathogens in varying contexts, including, but not limited
to: MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), common respiratory
pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
and epidemic increases in multidrug-resistant and, increasingly, truly
pan-resistant, gram-negative bacilli.
Why is the level of concern increasing
now? It is because the increase in organisms resistant to multiple therapies is
now coinciding with the reduction in new therapies coming to market to replace
ineffective ones.
Herbal medicine, including medicinal
plants, was the only way people could treat infectious diseases until the early
20th century. Since then, pharmaceutical drugs have become the main method for
treating bacterial infections. However, the pharmaceutical drug pipeline is
almost dry. At the same time, growing consumer awareness of the benefits of
herbal medicine, along with a backlash against the exorbitant prices and
dangerous side effects of pharmaceutical drugs, have led to a renaissance in
the use of medicinal plants. Consumers are starting to focus on keeping healthy
rather than dealing with acute situations that require the use of expensive
pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal plants fit perfectly into this new paradigm.
And for this reason, their use is forecast to grow dramatically.
This
report looks at the use of medicinal plants, rather than Antibiotics, to both
treat and prevent bacterial infections. Specifically, it provides:
- A detailed look at Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistant drugs.
- Analysis of the Antibiotics market.
- In-depth examination of Antibacterial Medicinal Plants.
- Analysis of the Medicinal Plants market.
Spanning
over 373 pages “Antibiotics, Medicinal
Plants, Superbugs And The Coming Antimicrobial Resistant Drugs Pandemic: global
Markets, Competitors And Opportunities-2014-2019 Analysis And Forecasts” report
Covering the Introduction, Executive Summary, Antibiotics and Antimicrobial
Resistant Drugs, Antibiotics Market Overview, Prospects For Plant-Derived Antibacterials,
Medicinal Plant Market, Company Profiles.
Know more about this
report at
– http://mrr.cm/Zto
Find all Pharma
and Healthcare Reports at: http://www.marketresearchreports.com/pharma-healthcare
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