Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Antimicrobial drugs are used to treat bacterial infections and have revolutionised modern medicine. However, the inappropriate use and dosage of antimicrobials increases the risk of treatment failure, toxicity to the patient, and the development of drug resistance, rendering antimicrobials ineffective and putting medicine and global health at risk 1 . Bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI) affects 150 million people globally each year. On average, one in two adult women will experience a UTI during their lifetime 2 . Treating UTIs with empirical antibiotics when patients report symptoms results in overuse of antimicrobials, as more than half of the gold standard urine culture results of symptomatic females do not confirm a UTI 3 . Developing novel antimicrobials, enhancing diagnostic precision, and optimising the use of current treatments are approaches that can be used to mitigate the impact of drug resistance and maintain access to effective antimicrobial drugs 1 .
Source: Communications Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,690
OpenAlex ID: W4411977769