The spread of upper respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and identification of antibiotic resistance forms in the populations of children aged 1-6

Author: Ana yvavadze
Keywords: Streptococcus, antibiotic, resistance, sensibility
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Antimicrobial resistance is the global challenge of the 21st century, which has crossed all borders, spread across all continents and obtained the pandemic nature. The correct, rational antimicrobial therapy is an important intervention on the one hand for treating infections and on the other hand it is the main weapon in the fighting against antibiotic resistance. Annually around 25,000 people from 29 member countries of the NCDC region of Europe die as a result of infections related to antibiotic resistance. However, this data does not fully reflect the problem, because in the majority of health systems, including in Georgia, the complications caused by resistant bacteria are not properly documented. It should be noticed that one of the leading positions among the diseases caused by resistant microorganisms are infectious diseases caused by streptococcus pyogenes. This pathogen is particularly common in children. In Georgia, most pediatricians use only empirical antibiotic therapy to treat bacterial infections and ignore sensitivity to it before prescribing antibiotics, which often causes ineffective treatment and formation of resistant strains toward antibiotics. The purpose of the research is to study the spread of streptococcus pyogenes strains and to determine the resistance to antibiotics. To achieve this goal, we suppose to study the smears taken from the Nasopharynx of average 500 children. Based on the topicality of the issue, this research has as scientific also practical significance. According to our information, nearly none of the clinics a database of antibiotics and nosocomial infections caused by antibiotic resistance. There is no information about circulating resistant S. pyogenes in Georgia. Consequently, it is very important to conduct research in this area, as it is possible the correct selection / development of preventive and therapeutic means of infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes only based on the mentioned, is this antibiotics therapy, vaccination or bacteriophage therapy.