World Health Day 2011 Spotlights Growing Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Author – Jean B. Patel, PhD, D(ABMM) Deputy Director for CDC’s Office of Antimicrobial Resistance CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Each year, millions of Americans take antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics. People have come to...

Author – Jean B. Patel, PhD, D(ABMM) Deputy Director for CDC’s Office of Antimicrobial Resistance CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Each year, millions of Americans take antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics. People have come to trust and rely on antibiotics to always be there to fight their worst infections. However, new drug-resistant pathogens continue to […]

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