title: [Microbial resistance: what is to be done? Information from the panel of experts].
abstract: This document represents the recommendations of a panel of Spanish experts on antibiotic use and resistance. In a Task Force, under the auspices of the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs that took place in 1994 in Madrid, the members were gravely concerned about the national increase in antibiotic resistance. They analysed the development, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance among community-acquired human bacterial pathogens in Spain, its relation with antibiotic consumption, and they proposed future surveillance strategies for monitoring the patterns of antibiotic use and consumption. Success will require a collective action among the producers (pharmaceutical industry), prescribers (doctors, veterinarians), dispensers (pharmacists), and consumers (patients). Two similar documents have been recently published by the American Society of Microbiology and the World Health Organization showing the global concern about this topic.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Mochales
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Castelló
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Marqués
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Alemany
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Beato
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Gorricho
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Trallero
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Pastor
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Resistencia microbiana: qué hacer? Informe del panel de expertos.