Ensuring universal access to old antibiotics: a critical but neglected priority

C Pulcini; B Beovic; G Béraud; J Carlet; O Cars; P Howard; G Levy-Hara; G Li; D Nathwani; F Roblot; M Sharland

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.026

Ensuring universal access to old antibiotics: a critical but neglected priority

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Sep;23(9):590-592. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.026. Epub 2017 May 15.

Authors

C Pulcini¹, B Beovic², G Béraud³, J Carlet⁴, O Cars⁵, P Howard⁶, G Levy-Hara⁷, G Li⁸, D Nathwani⁹, F Roblot¹⁰, M Sharland⁸

Affiliations

¹ Lorraine University, EA 4360 APEMAC, Nancy, France; Nancy University Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department, Nancy, France; ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP), Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: celine.pulcini@univ-lorraine.fr.
² ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP), Basel, Switzerland; University Medical Centre Ljubljana and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP), Basel, Switzerland; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Department of Infectious Diseases, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France; Université Droit et Santé Lille 2, EA2694, Lille, France; Hasselt University, Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt, Belgium; World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance (WAAAR), Paris, France.
⁴ World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance (WAAAR), Paris, France.
⁵ ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁶ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP), Basel, Switzerland; Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁷ ISC (International Society of Chemotherapy) Antimicrobial Stewardship Working Group, UK; Hospital Carlos G. Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁸ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
⁹ British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), Birmingham, UK.
¹⁰ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Department of Infectious Diseases, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France; Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française (SPILF, French Infectious Diseases Society), Paris, France.

PMID: 28522030
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.026

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MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / economics
Anti-Bacterial Agents / supply & distribution*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Health Services Accessibility
Humans

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents