Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become one of humankind’s major challenges, as testified by the UN’s Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2021. Our knowledge of the underlying processes of antibiotic resistance is steadily improving. Beyond the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in huma...

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Main Authors: Véronique Mondain, Nicolas Retur, Benjamin Bertrand, Florence Lieutier-Colas, Philippe Carenco, Sylvain Diamantis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/980
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author Véronique Mondain
Nicolas Retur
Benjamin Bertrand
Florence Lieutier-Colas
Philippe Carenco
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description Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become one of humankind’s major challenges, as testified by the UN’s Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2021. Our knowledge of the underlying processes of antibiotic resistance is steadily improving. Beyond the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human medicine, other causes have been identified, raising ethical issues and requiring an approach to the problem from a “One Health” perspective. Indeed, it is now clear that the two main issues regarding the subject of antibiotics are their misuse in the global food industry and their method of production, both leading to the emergence and spread of bacterial resistance.
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spelling doaj.art-eaea8b9cf45c4b1ba8f7b8b19217c78b2023-12-01T21:49:16ZengMDPI AGAntibiotics2079-63822022-07-0111798010.3390/antibiotics11070980Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and UseVéronique Mondain0Nicolas Retur1Benjamin Bertrand2Florence Lieutier-Colas3Philippe Carenco4Sylvain Diamantis5Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nice, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Archet 1, 06202 Nice, FranceCentre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nice, Pharmacie, Hôpital Archet 1, 06202 Nice, FranceCentre Hospitalier de Grasse, Pharmacie, 06130 Grasse, FranceAntibioEst, Regional Antibiotic Therapy Centre, Nancy University Hospital, Brabois Hospital, 54511 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, FranceCentre Hospitalier de Hyères, Hygiène, 83407 Hyères, FranceCentre Hospitalier de Melun, Infectiologie, 77011 Melun, FranceAntibiotic-resistant bacteria have become one of humankind’s major challenges, as testified by the UN’s Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2021. Our knowledge of the underlying processes of antibiotic resistance is steadily improving. Beyond the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human medicine, other causes have been identified, raising ethical issues and requiring an approach to the problem from a “One Health” perspective. Indeed, it is now clear that the two main issues regarding the subject of antibiotics are their misuse in the global food industry and their method of production, both leading to the emergence and spread of bacterial resistance.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/980antimicrobial resistanceenvironmental impactantibiotic use in livestockantibiotic production
spellingShingle Véronique Mondain
Nicolas Retur
Benjamin Bertrand
Florence Lieutier-Colas
Philippe Carenco
Sylvain Diamantis
Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use
Antibiotics
antimicrobial resistance
environmental impact
antibiotic use in livestock
antibiotic production
title Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use
title_full Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use
title_fullStr Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use
title_full_unstemmed Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use
title_short Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use
title_sort advocacy for responsible antibiotic production and use
topic antimicrobial resistance
environmental impact
antibiotic use in livestock
antibiotic production
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/980
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