Key Takeaways
- In 2019, the analysis estimated 35.7 million AMR-associated DALYs due to bacterial resistance
- WHO estimates that AMR caused 1.27 million deaths in 2019
- CDC’s 2019 AR Threats report projected that by 2050, antibiotic-resistant infections could cause 10 million deaths annually worldwide and cost $100 trillion (global economic estimate referenced by CDC)
- A 2022 systematic review reported that patients infected with multidrug-resistant organisms had a higher risk of mortality than those with non-resistant infections (pooled effect reported)
- In ECDC/EMA 2023 antimicrobial resistance surveillance report, 35,000 hospital bloodstream infections due to AMR organisms were estimated in Europe (reported scale for serious AMR)
- In US hospitals, 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions is estimated to be inappropriate (CDC estimate)
- CDC reported that 2.6 million antibiotic prescriptions were given to residents of nursing homes in 2018 (HCRS data; stewardship reporting)
- In a 2023 study, antimicrobial stewardship interventions in hospitals were associated with a 13% reduction in antibiotic consumption (meta-analysis pooled change)
- A 2021 meta-analysis estimated that rapid diagnostics for bloodstream infections reduced antibiotic exposure by 1.2 days on average (pooled estimate)
- A 2022 randomized trial reported that rapid molecular testing shortened time to optimal therapy by 1 day (reported trial metric)
- In a 2020 evaluation, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry reduced turnaround time for pathogen identification by 24 hours on average compared with conventional methods (reported operational metric)
- In 2023, the global antimicrobial susceptibility testing market was valued at $2.8 billion and projected to grow to $4.4 billion by 2030 (vendor/market research estimate)
- In 2023, the global antimicrobial resistance testing market was valued at $3.2 billion and projected to grow to $5.5 billion by 2030 (market research estimate)
- In 2022, the global antibiotics market size was estimated at $43 billion (context for stewardship and AMR; vendor market estimate)
- OECD estimated that antimicrobial resistance could reduce global GDP by 3.8% by 2050 in a policy-inaction scenario (economic impact estimate)
AMR kills about 1.27 million people yearly and stewardship plus rapid diagnostics can cut infections and antibiotic use.
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