News|Articles|December 18, 2024

The Slow-Moving Antimicrobial Resistance Train is Picking-up Morbidity and Mortality Steam

Resistance is expected to worsen significantly, but can a combination of both ground-level clinician stewardship actions as well as systemic reforms such as the Pasteur Act at least slow down the train?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a slow-moving train that is picking up steam and in its path are all patients battling bacterial infections. AMR is a multifactorial problem that includes many aspects, and potentially chief among them is the missing communication and disconnect with the public, who do not understand the nature of how it happens nor the consequences of the misuse of antibiotics.