title: Antibiotic resistance is an emerging threat to public health: an urgent call to action at the Antimicrobial Resistance Summit 2011.
abstract: A national interdisciplinary body is urgently needed to manage the looming antimicrobial resistance crisis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. thomas.gottlieb@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: Graeme R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nimmo
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D001315:Australia; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011634:Public Health; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents