Antimicrobial resistance: a global multifaceted phenomenon

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious global public health threats in this century. The first World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on surveillance of AMR, published in April 2014, collected for the first time data from national and international surveillance networks, sh...

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Published in:Pathogens and global health 2015-01, Vol.109 (7), p.309-318
Main Authors: Prestinaci, Francesca, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Pantosti, Annalisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Antibiotic use
Antimicrobial resistance
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data
Global Health
Global surveillance
Humans
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae - drug effects
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
Mycobaterium tuberculosis
Non-typhoidal Salmonella
Reviews
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary Medicine - methods
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Summary:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious global public health threats in this century. The first World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on surveillance of AMR, published in April 2014, collected for the first time data from national and international surveillance networks, showing the extent of this phenomenon in many parts of the world and also the presence of large gaps in the existing surveillance. In this review, we focus on antibacterial resistance (ABR), which represents at the moment the major problem, both for the high rates of resistance observed in bacteria that cause common infections and for the complexity of the consequences of ABR. We describe the health and economic impact of ABR, the principal risk factors for its emergence and, in particular, we illustrate the highlights of four antibiotic-resistant pathogens of global concern - Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, non-typhoidal Salmonella and Mycobacterium tuberculosis - for whom we report resistance data worldwide. Measures to control the emergence and the spread of ABR are presented.
ISSN:2047-7724
2047-7732
DOI:10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000030