title: Addressing antibiotic resistance - focusing on acute respiratory infections in primary care.
abstract: We have been aware for decades - perhaps as a somewhat far-off theoretical problem - that antibiotic resistance is a threat to healthcare worldwide. However, the crisis is now here and very real. Each year in Europe alone, 25 000 deaths are directly attributed to antibiotic resistance. New antibiotics are not being produced fast enough, and resistance means we are running out of antibiotics of last resort.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland. cdelmar@bond.edu.au
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Del Mar
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Glasziou
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Mieke L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: van Driel
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beller
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D058006:General Practice; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents