The COVID-19 pandemic: a threat to antimicrobial resistance containment

As of 23 April 2021, the outbreak of COVID-19 claimed around 150 million confirmed cases with over 3 million deaths worldwide. Yet, an even more serious but silent pandemic, that of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is likely complicating the outcome of COVID-19 patients. This study discusses the curr...

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Autores principales: Founou, Raspail C, Blocker, Ariel J, Noubom, Michel, Tsayem, Cedrice, Choukem, Siméon P, Dongen, Maarten Van, Founou, Luria L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Science Ltd 2021
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8204817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34290883
http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0012
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author Founou, Raspail C
Blocker, Ariel J
Noubom, Michel
Tsayem, Cedrice
Choukem, Siméon P
Dongen, Maarten Van
Founou, Luria L
author_facet Founou, Raspail C
Blocker, Ariel J
Noubom, Michel
Tsayem, Cedrice
Choukem, Siméon P
Dongen, Maarten Van
Founou, Luria L
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description As of 23 April 2021, the outbreak of COVID-19 claimed around 150 million confirmed cases with over 3 million deaths worldwide. Yet, an even more serious but silent pandemic, that of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is likely complicating the outcome of COVID-19 patients. This study discusses the current knowledge on the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 and highlights the likely contribution of the COVID-19 pandemic on the escalation of AMR. COVID-19 engenders extensive antibiotic overuse and misuse, and will undoubtedly and substantially increase AMR rates worldwide. Amid the expanding COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers should consider the hidden threat of AMR much more, which may well be enhanced through improper use of antibiotics to treat patients with severe COVID-19 infection.
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spelling pubmed-82048172021-06-15 The COVID-19 pandemic: a threat to antimicrobial resistance containment Founou, Raspail C Blocker, Ariel J Noubom, Michel Tsayem, Cedrice Choukem, Siméon P Dongen, Maarten Van Founou, Luria L Future Sci OA Perspective As of 23 April 2021, the outbreak of COVID-19 claimed around 150 million confirmed cases with over 3 million deaths worldwide. Yet, an even more serious but silent pandemic, that of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is likely complicating the outcome of COVID-19 patients. This study discusses the current knowledge on the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 and highlights the likely contribution of the COVID-19 pandemic on the escalation of AMR. COVID-19 engenders extensive antibiotic overuse and misuse, and will undoubtedly and substantially increase AMR rates worldwide. Amid the expanding COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers should consider the hidden threat of AMR much more, which may well be enhanced through improper use of antibiotics to treat patients with severe COVID-19 infection. Future Science Ltd 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8204817/ /pubmed/34290883 http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0012 Text en © 2021 The authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Noubom, Michel
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The COVID-19 pandemic: a threat to antimicrobial resistance containment
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title_full The COVID-19 pandemic: a threat to antimicrobial resistance containment
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34290883
http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0012
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