Healthy Skepticism Library item: 7654

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Publication type: Journal Article

Adcock H.
Pharmageddon: is it too late to tackle growing resistance to anti-infectives?
Pharmaceutical Journal 2002; 269:(7221):599-600

Abstract:

The problem of growing microbial resistance to anti-infective agents is discussed in relation to a policy alert issued by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Institute of Biology in the United Kingdom, the role of the pharmacy profession, research approaches and challenges faced by the pharmaceutical industry, the potential for pharmaceutical solutions to problems posed by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and health care strategies for combating the problem of microbial resistance.