The Epidemic of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: A Call to Action for the Medical Community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America
UCLA Medical Center · University of California, Los Angeles · +10 more institutions
Abstract
The ongoing explosion of antibiotic-resistant infections continues to plague global and US health care. Meanwhile, an equally alarming decline has occurred in the research and development of new antibiotics to deal with the threat. In response to this microbial "perfect storm," in 2001, the federal Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance released the "Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Part 1: Domestic" to strengthen the response in the United States. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) followed in 2004 with its own report, "Bad Bugs, No Drugs: As Antibiotic Discovery Stagnates, A Public Health Crisis Brews," which proposed incentives to reinvigorate pharmaceutical…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 55.04
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 68
Authors
9- BSBrad Spellberg
UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles
- RGR. Guidos
Infectious Diseases Society of America
- DNDavid N. Gilbert
Oregon Health & Science University, Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
- JSJohn S. Bradley
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, University of California, San Diego
- HWHelen W. Boucher
Tufts Medical Center
Topics & keywords
- Legislation
- Medicine
- Antibiotic resistance
- Public health
- Antibiotics
- Political science
- Law
- Biology