Study says common antibiotics for childhood infections are not effective

The results of a recent study show that widespread antibiotic resistance has rendered popular medications used to treat infections in infants and children ineffective in many countries of the world, including India.
A study conducted by Australian researchers at the University of Sydney revealed that less than 50% of the antibiotics prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) were successful in treating children diseases such meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis (bloodstream infections).
The findings of the study were published in The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia journal. The study emphasises on the need to update the global guidelines on antibiotic use.
According to the researchers, the most seriously affected regions are in Southeast Asia and the Pacific where thousands of unnecessary deaths in children resulting from antibiotic resistance occur each year.
According to the World Health Organisation, one of the top ten worldwide public health dangers to humanity is antibiotic resistance (AMR). Sepsis in infants is thought to cause three million cases worldwide each year, with as many as 570,000 (5.7 lakh) deaths.
Lack of appropriate antibiotics to treat resistant bacteria is a major cause of many of these.
The researchers claim that surgery and other procedures like chemotherapy could be gravely jeopardised by an inability to prevent infections