On August 2018, a research published in Science Translational Medicine by a group scientist of Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne. They did research of a bacterium behavior in Alcohol based hand sanitizers.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are very common for controlling hospital infections. The disinfectants restricts transmission of pathogen. The research tested alcohol resistant in 139 hospital isolates of Enterococcus faecium. They found E faecium 10% more tolerant than were older isolates in alcohol. During research they found several mutations in genes of Enterococcus faecium in alcohol disinfectants. Which confirms that this hospital superbug is becoming more tolerant to the alcohol disinfectants gradually. Enterococcal infections not only prominent in Australia but also in many other countries despite of using disinfectants. Though the superbug doesn’t found fully resistant in alcohol but its growing resistant behavior is pulling concentrations.
The result of bacteria adapting behavior is a matter of thinking to consider. This superbug showing its resistant behavior not only in alcohol but also in antibiotics and other active agents in disinfectants.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) which was caused by drug resistant bacteria infection has dropped considerably in recent years. But surprisingly infections caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) has started to rise. This type of bacteria are normal part of the intestines and female genital tract. They don’t usually cause any health problems. Patients who have weakened immune systems due to cancer treatments or organ transplants, this bacteria can cause them urinary tract, wound and bloodstream infections. However certain strains of Enterococci are becoming resistant in hospital and causing infection that are difficult to treat.
