Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Review on antimicrobial agent and antimicrobial resistance
Author(s): Akinaw Wagari and Yonas Getachew
Abstract: The introduction of antimicrobial agents was a breakthrough health intervention that helped save millions of lives around the world and that provided a sense of control on the part of clinicians over host–pathogen interactions. Yet despite the concrete advances in prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, there has been a parallel surge in resistance to antimicrobials that is seriously compromising the gains made over the past century. Acknowledging the underlying mechanisms such as inappropriate use of antibiotics in humans and the agricultural applications of antibiotics for growth promotion and prophylaxis is a first and essential step to contain global antimicrobial resistance. However, it is also critical to consider in parallel the broad social, economic and political drivers and ethical significance of antimicrobial promotion in developing countries. Moreover, these socio-ethical factors constitute tangible targets against which public policy interventions can be developed to remedy growing concerns over the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
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Akinaw Wagari, Yonas Getachew. Review on antimicrobial agent and antimicrobial resistance. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):117-126.
