• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00473-0
Corpus ID: 1944665

Understanding the mechanisms and drivers of antimicrobial resistance

@article{Holmes2016UnderstandingTM,
  title={Understanding the mechanisms and drivers of antimicrobial resistance},
  author={A. Holmes and L. Moore and A. Sundsfjord and M. Steinbakk and L. Piddock},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2016},
  volume={387},
  pages={176-187}
}

A. Holmes, L. Moore, +2 authors L. Piddock

Published 2016

Biology, Engineering, Medicine

The Lancet

To combat the threat to human health and biosecurity from antimicrobial resistance, an understanding of its mechanisms and drivers is needed. Emergence of antimicrobial resistance in microorganisms is a natural phenomenon, yet antimicrobial resistance selection has been driven by antimicrobial exposure in health care, agriculture, and the environment. Onward transmission is affected by standards of infection control, sanitation, access to clean water, access to assured quality antimicrobials… CONTINUE READING

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