The Extraordinary Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance

[摘要] We are a long way from the antimicrobialheyday of the 1940s when new antibioticstumbled out for a couple of decades and ascratch from a rose thorn could spell deathto the ordinary person.1 Yet, the challenge ofantimicrobial resistance now feels like we aresleepwalking into disaster. At what point dowe realise it is a calamity? Climate scientistsand activists may shake their heads wearilyand give each other knowing glances. Evenwith the support of public opinion the dripdrip of political action is molasses slow.

[学科分类] 卫生学