[Antibiotics - In Which Fields is there Need for Action?]
For decades, antibiotics have been utilized successfully to treat infectious diseases. As part of a natural process, resistance mechanisms evolved in bacteria rendering some of these antibiotics ineffective. A significant increase in the use of antibiotics worldwide has greatly accelerated this process. As a result, treatment of many infectious diseases such as tuberculosis or gonorrhea has become increasingly difficult and nosocomial infections are causing great problems in health care systems. Many action plans and counter-measures have been developed but are seldom put into action and fail to address all problems related to antibiotic resistance. To ensure that antibiotics will remain a reliable option for treating infectious diseases, targeted action is needed in various fields.
BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, Bielefeld.
Hendrik
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Sauskojus
BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, Kiel, Bielefeld.
Christian
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Wagner-Ahlfs
Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld.
Oliver
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Razum
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003141:Communicable Diseases; D003428:Cross Infection; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014376:Tuberculosis
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents