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Published in: EcoHealth 3/2019

01-09-2019 | Antibiotic | Forum

Critical Importance of a One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance

Authors: Allison White, James M. Hughes

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 3/2019

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex, multifaceted problem that threatens human and animal health, the global economy, and national and global security. In the USA, an estimated 2 million drug-resistant infections occur annually, accounting for 8 million extra hospital days, 23,000 deaths, and $20 billion in direct healthcare costs (Hughes 2011; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013). Worldwide, AMR is increasing (Klein et al. 2018); if current trends continue unabated, there could be as many as 10 million annual AMR-associated deaths from a wide array of infections1 by 2050 (Review on Antimicrobial Resistance 2016). The World Health Organization (WHO) has included AMR as one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019 (World Health Organization 2019). …
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Estimate based on work of two modeling groups focused on infections caused by a subset of drug-resistant bacteria including M. tuberculosis, drug-resistant HIV infection, and drug-resistant malaria infections.
 
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Metadata
Title
Critical Importance of a One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance
Authors
Allison White
James M. Hughes
Publication date
01-09-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Keyword
Antibiotic
Published in
EcoHealth / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01415-5

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