top of page

Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR for short, is when harmful microbes stop responding to medicines like antibiotics. How does this happen?

References

Álvarez-Martínez, F.J., Barrajón-Catalán, E. and Micol, V. (2020) ‘Tackling Antibiotic Resistance with Compounds of Natural Origin: A Comprehensive Review’, Biomedicines, 8(10), p. 405. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8100405.

​

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) Biggest Threats and Data, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/biggest-threats.html.

​

Holmes, A.H. et al. (2016) ‘Understanding the mechanisms and drivers of antimicrobial resistance’, The Lancet, 387(10014), pp. 176–187. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00473-0.

​

Iskandar, K. et al. (2020) ‘Drivers of Antibiotic Resistance Transmission in Low- and Middle-Income Countries from a “One Health” Perspective—A Review’, Antibiotics, 9(7). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9070372.

​

Murray, C.J. et al. (2022) ‘Global Burden of Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance in 2019: A Systematic Analysis’, The Lancet, 399(10325), pp. 629–655. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02724-0.

​

Vikesland, P. et al. (2019) ‘Differential Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance across the World’, Accounts of Chemical Research, 52(4), pp. 916–924. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00643.

​

World Health Organization (2019) Antimicrobial resistance, who.int. World Health Organization: WHO. Available at: https://www.who.int/health-topics/antimicrobial-resistance.

bottom of page