
DR. ARVIND DHOPLE: Tipping Point on Infection Resistance to Antibiotics, Now Global Emergency
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics […]
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics […]
Time is not your friend when the power goes out and your refrigerator stops cooling. Typically, if the door is not opened food should stay within a safe temperature for four hours. […]
Resistance to antibiotics of organisms causing infections is now a global emergency, and antibiotic use in food animals and it’s (potential) contributions to antibiotic resistance in humans may play a significant role in the problem.
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On May 12, 2016, at a meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, representatives from over 20 countries considered the immediate actions different nations can take to address the urgent, cross-border problem of antibiotic resistance. […]
Though a well-known hymn tells us we should love “all creatures great and small,” loving some of the smaller creatures on Earth – particularly the creepy-crawly kind – can prove a little challenging. […]
ince the 1940s, antibiotics and similar drugs, together called antimicrobial agents, have been used to treat patients with infections, and have greatly reduced illness and death from infectious diseases. […]
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