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Livermore, David 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-3703
(2004)
Can better prescribing turn the tide of resistance?
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2 (1).
pp. 73-8.
ISSN 1740-1526
Abstract
In the wake of concerns about the level of antibiotic resistance, governments worldwide are pressing for reduced antibiotic use, hoping thereby to reverse resistance trends. Is success likely? The evidence is mixed, and expectations should be tempered by the growing realization that many resistant bacteria are biologically fit, making them difficult to displace. If resistance is unlikely to be reduced significantly by changing prescription practices, how can clinicians outpace increased resistance, particularly when much of 'big pharma' is abandoning antibiotic development?
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | anti-bacterial agents,bacteria,bacterial infections,drug resistance, bacterial,humans,physician's practice patterns |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2014 15:34 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 05:47 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/46742 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nrmicro798 |
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