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“When the Bug Cannot Be Killed”—The Rising Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health issue that has the potential to reverse the substantial progress made against infectious diseases over the past several decades. We need strategic measures to deal with this challenge, including an intensification of public funding for research into...

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Autor principal: Ofori-Asenso, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930255
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines4020040
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description Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health issue that has the potential to reverse the substantial progress made against infectious diseases over the past several decades. We need strategic measures to deal with this challenge, including an intensification of public funding for research into anti-microbial agents and their alternatives, stricter mechanisms to minimize antimicrobial misuse within both clinical and non-clinical settings, and support for the development of country-level initiatives. Only with sustained, concerted, and coordinated global efforts are we likely to overcome the current and future challenges posed by these emerging “superbugs”.
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spelling pubmed-55900762017-09-14 “When the Bug Cannot Be Killed”—The Rising Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance Ofori-Asenso, Richard Medicines (Basel) Letter Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health issue that has the potential to reverse the substantial progress made against infectious diseases over the past several decades. We need strategic measures to deal with this challenge, including an intensification of public funding for research into anti-microbial agents and their alternatives, stricter mechanisms to minimize antimicrobial misuse within both clinical and non-clinical settings, and support for the development of country-level initiatives. Only with sustained, concerted, and coordinated global efforts are we likely to overcome the current and future challenges posed by these emerging “superbugs”. MDPI 2017-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5590076/ /pubmed/28930255 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines4020040 Text en © 2017 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930255
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines4020040
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