Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections after Turkey/Syria Earthquakes, 2023

Abstract

Increased rates of multidrug-resistant microbes have been reported after earthquakes. After the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the number of associated highly drug-resistant pathogens and nosocomial transmission will probably surge in hospitals treating injured patients. It is not too late to act to prevent antimicrobial-resistant infections from compounding these tragedies.

Keywords

• Antimicrobial resistance
• AMR
• earthquakes
• pathogens
• bacteria
• Turkey