Antimicrobial Resistance: A Growing Serious Threat for Global Public Health

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of the 20th century, having saved millions of lives from infectious diseases. An orchestrated collaborative action within and between multiple national and international organizations is required urgently, otherwise, a postantibiotic era can be a more real possibility than an apocalyptic fantasy for the 21st century.

🔑 Key Findings

• Microbes have developed acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to many drugs due to high selection pressure from increasing use and misuse of antibiotics over the years.
• The transmission and acquisition of AMR occur primarily via a human-human interface both within and outside of healthcare facilities.
• A huge number of interdependent factors related to healthcare and agriculture govern the development of AMR through various drug-resistance mechanisms.

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