Understanding the mechanisms and drivers of antimicrobial resistance

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10014, 2016, Pages 176-187

  Holmes, Alison H ^a   Moore, Luke S P ^a   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^b,c   Steinbakk, Martin ^d   Regmi, Sadie ^e   Karkey, Abhilasha ^f   Guerin, Philippe J ^g   Piddock, Laura J V ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; FOSFOMYCIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; VACCINATION;

EID: 84954078185     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00473-0     Document Type: Review

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