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Journal Articles
Abstract:
The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many levels of society; the consequences
affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate change are evident. Many efforts have been made to describe the
many different facets of antibiotic resistance and the interventions needed to meet the challenge. However, coordinated
action is largely absent, especially at the political level, both nationally and internationally. Antibiotics paved the way for
unprecedented medical and societal developments, and are today indispensible in all health systems. Achievements in
modern medicine, such as major surgery, organ transplantation, treatment of preterm babies, and cancer chemotherapy,
which we today take for granted, would not be possible without access to effective treatment for bacterial infections.
Within just a few years, we might be faced with dire setbacks, medically, socially, and economically, unless real and
unprecedented global coordinated actions are immediately taken. Here, we describe the global situation of antibiotic
resistance, its major causes and consequences, and identify key areas in which action is urgently needed.