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Future Trends in Antimicrobial Use

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The rapidly expanding challenge of antibiotic resistance impacts patients across the globe. Antibiotic-resistant organisms are becoming a massive clinical challenge in the twenty-first century. As outlined in the preceding chapters, all medical practitioners must be aware of the implications of drug resistance when prescribing therapy, as it is becoming very difficult to eradicate infections caused by these antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Pharmaceutical companies do not have vast new drugs in the pipeline. In many ways, we have come to the point as frightening as the preantibiotic era: For patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria, there is no magic bullet.

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Mainous, A.G. (2010). Future Trends in Antimicrobial Use. In: Mainous III, A., Pomeroy, C. (eds) Management of Antimicrobials in Infectious Diseases. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-239-1_20

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