title: [Epidemiology of drug-resistance and clinical microbiologists in the 21st century].
abstract: Many efficacious antimicrobial agents have been developed in the latter half of the 20th century, and this has enabled us to overcome bacterial infections. However, various drug-resistant bacteria including MRSA and VRE have been emerging and these strains will cause serious life-threatening medical problems in the 21st century. Since development of new antimicrobial agents currently stagnates++, promoting the appropriate and prudent use of antimicrobial agents based on EBM is strongly recommended. Thus, establishment of a surveillance system of drug-resistant bacterial infections and their epidemiology as well as further activities by clinical technologists as specialists in medical microbiology will be indispensable in the next century.
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authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000639:trends*