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Antimicrobial resistance – a global problem in need of global solutions
Petersen, Eskild; Lee, Shui Shan; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Levison, Matthew E.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been declared one of the 10 global public health threats facing humanity by the World Health Organization. A review commissioned by the government of the United Kingdom found that by 2050 more people would die from infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria or pan-resistant bacteria than from cancer and the annual cost would at that time reach 1 trillion USD.