Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

🤖 Plain-English Summary

BACKGROUND: Reducing the burden of death due to infection is an urgent global public health priority. These estimates can be used to help set priorities for vaccine need, demand, and development.

🔑 Key Findings

• Previous studies have estimated the number of deaths associated with drug-resistant infections and sepsis and found that infections remain a leading cause of death globally.
• Understanding the global burden of common bacterial pathogens (both susceptible and resistant to antimicrobials) is essential to identify the greatest threats to public health.
• To our knowledge, this is the first study to present global comprehensive estimates of deaths associated with 33 bacterial pathogens across 11 major infectious syndromes.

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