The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: In the last decade we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the proportion and absolute number of bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple antibacterial agents. Multidrug-resistant bacteria are currently considered as an emergent global disease and a major public health problem. The B-Debate meeting brought together renowned experts representing the main stakeholders (i.e. policy makers, public health authorities, regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies and the scientific community at large) to review the global threat of antibiotic resistance and come up with a coordinated set of strategies to fight antimicrobial resistance in a multifaceted approach. We summarize the views of the B-Debate participants regarding the current situation of antimicrobial resistance in animals and the food chain, within the community and the healthcare setting as well as the role of the environment and the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, providing expert recommendations to tackle the global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Source: New Microbes and New Infections
Authors: I. Roca, M. Akova, F. Baquero, J. Carlet, M. Cavaleri, S. Coenen, J. Cohen, D. Findlay, I. Gyssens, O.E. Heure, G. Kahlmeter, H. Kruse, R. Laxminarayan, E. Liébana, L. López-Cerero, A. MacGowan, M. Martins, J. Rodríguez-Baño, J.-M. Rolain, C. Segovia, B. Sigauque, E. Tacconelli, E. Wellington, J. Vila
Institutions: Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Universitat de Barcelona, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, European Medicines Agency, University of Antwerp, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom), Radboud University Nijmegen, Radboud University Medical Center, Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Växjö Kommun, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Princeton University, European Food Safety Authority, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Southmead Hospital, University College Dublin, Universidad de Sevilla, Inserm, Aix-Marseille Université, Méditerranée Infection Foundation, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Manhiça Health Research Centre, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, University of Tübingen, University of Warwick
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,770
Awards: G2505061675, G2968529679
OpenAlex ID: W2108276360