Bacterial Infections 'Second Leading Cause of Death Worldwide'

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Communicable diseases have long been recognised as a cause of substantial health loss globally. Few studies to date have concentrated on pathogen-specific mortality caused by common bacterial pathogens. More than half of all global bacterial deaths in 2019 were due to five pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Times of India

Bacterial infections the 'second leading cause of death worldwide': Lancet

The massive new study, published in the Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types of infection across 204 countries and territories. The pathogens were associated with 7.7 million deaths, 13.6 per cent of the global total, in 2019, the year before the Covid-19 pandemic took off.

2 months ago·Mumbai, India

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Channel News Asia

Bacterial infections the 'second leading cause of death worldwide'

PARIS: Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday. The massive new study, published in the Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 1

2 months ago·Singapore

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Bacterial infections 'second leading cause of death worldwide'

PARIS: Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday.The...

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Gulf News

Bacterial infections the 'second leading cause of death worldwide'<br/>

Study looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types of infections

2 months ago·Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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VOA News

Bacterial Infections 'Second Leading Cause of Death Worldwide'

Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global study of their lethality revealed on Tuesday. The massive new study, published in The Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types of infection across 204 countries and territories. The pathogens were associated with 7.7 million deaths — 13.6% of the global total — in 2019, …

2 months ago·United States

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Bangkok Post

Bacterial infections the 'second leading cause of death worldwide'

Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday.

2 months ago·กทม, Thailand

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