Drug Resistance

Report Calls for Improved Surveillance, Greater Awareness

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 1st, 1998

As early as 1945, scientists discovered a pathogen that had developed resistance to penicillin. Since that time, antibiotic resistance has risen dramatically, posing a threat to public health, increasing medical costs, and fueling a resurgence in pathogens that were considered under control.

Fighting the problem of antibiotic resistance will require a better, more coordinated system of surveillance, as well as an increased effort to prolong the effectiveness of existing antibiotics and to develop new drugs, stated a new report from the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Forum on Emerging Infections. The report summarized the findings and opinions of participants at a...

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