TY - JOUR
TI - Antimicrobial resistance – a challenge for public health
AU - Hryniewicz, Waleria
TI - Antimicrobial resistance – a challenge for public health
AB - 
	Penicillin, the first antibiotic introduced into clinical practice opened a new era in medicine. The ‘golden age’ of antibiotic discoveries in the 1950s, 60s and 70s significantly helped our fight against bacterial infections. In parallel with the introduction of new drugs, resistance strains were identified. This was, however, neglected because of the belief that pharmaceutical companies would continuously supply us with new products. In contrary, a pipeline of new antibiotics slowly dried out and in the 1980s we realized that the proportion of resistant bacteria was increasing faster than the supply of new antibiotics. New mechanisms of resistance emerged and multidrug and pandrug resistant bacterial strains started to spread globally. Antimicrobial resistance is recognized now as one of the greatest threats to public health worldwide. The WHO and EU as well as national agencies are calling for actions which should be immediately undertaken if we do not want to lose the battle. 

	Przygotowanie do wydania elektronicznego finansowane w ramach umowy 637/P-DUN/2019 ze środków Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.

	
VL - 2019
IS - Tom 17, Numer 1
PY - 2019
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 32
EP - 39
DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.19.005.11301
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/artykul/antimicrobial-resistance-a-challenge-for-public-health
KW - antimicrobial resistance
KW - call for actions to contain antibiotic resistance
KW - rational antibiotic use / działania ograniczające oporność na antybiotyki
KW - oporność na antybiotyki
KW - racjonalne stosowanie antybiotyków