Ansari, ShamshulHays, John P.Kemp, AndrewOkechukwu, RaymondMurugaiyan, JayaseelanEkwanzala, Mutshiene DeogratiasRuiz Alvare, Maria JosefinaPaul-Satyaseela, ManeeshIwu, Chidozie DeclanBalleste-Delpierre, ClaraSeptimus, EdMugisha, LawrenceFadare, JosephChaudhuri, SusmitaChibabhai, VindanaWadanamby, J.M. Rohini W.W.Daoud, ZiadXiao, YonghongParkunan, ThulasiramanKhalaf, YaraVan Dongen, Maarten B. M.Barkema, Herman W.Strathdee, SteffanieBenyeogor, EmmanuelIghodalo, Uzairue LeonardPrasad, Kurcheti PaniM., CarlosGu, YoshiakiEssack, SabihaDe Silva, DilanVellinga, AkkeGhannam, Wagih MommtazTsoho, Najib AuwalSakeena, M.H.F.Ilenwabor, RhodaShetty, Dhanuraj (Raj)Ayebare, ArnoldTraore, Zoumana IsaaHenry, OlaKiran, AmritanjaliIlenwabor, RhodaToro, Luisa FernandaSmail, AdilAmulele, AnneFounou, Luria LeslieSawant, Prathamesh S.Buregyeya, EstherCastro-Sanchez, EnriqueMoreno-Morales, JavierIzadjoo, MinaGori, AndreaGoff, DebraBlocker, ArielleForte, GiovannaTahir, Muhammad FarooqDiggle, MathewChakraborty, DipanjanAsamoah, Anita E.Humphrey Aberi2022-08-302022-08-302021-06Ansari, S., Hays, J.P., Kemp, A. et al. 2021, 'The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global antimicrobial and biocide resistance : an AMR Insights global perspective', JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-12, doi : 10.1093/jacamr/dlab038.2632-182310.1093/jacamr/dlab038https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87003The COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious public health challenge in all countries. However, repercussions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections on future global health are still being investigated, including the pandemic’s potential effect on the emergence and spread of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Critically ill COVID-19 patients may develop severe complications, which may predispose patients to infection with nosocomial bacterial and/or fungal pathogens, requiring the extensive use of antibiotics. However, antibiotics may also be inappropriately used in milder cases of COVID-19 infection. Further, concerns such as increased biocide use, antimicrobial stewardship/infection control, AMR awareness, the need for diagnostics (including rapid and point-of-care diagnostics) and the usefulness of vaccination could all be components shaping the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this publication, the authors present a brief overview of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated issues that could influence the pandemic’s effect on global AMR.fr© The Author(s) 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.ImpactChallengeCOVID-19 pandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)Biocide resistanceArticle