Brian Godman, Mainul Haque, Judy McKimm, Muhamad Abu Bakar, Jacqueline Sneddon, Janney Wale, Stephen Campbell, Antony P Martin, Iris Hoxha, Vafa Abilova, Bene D Anand Paramadhas, Pinkie Mpinda-Joseph, Matshediso Matome, Livia Lovato Pires de Lemos, Israel Sefah, Amanj Kurdi, Sylvia Opanga, Arianit Jakupi, Zikria Saleem, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Dan Kibuule, Joseph Fadare, Tomasz Bochenek, Celia Rothe, Jurij Furst, Vanda Markovic-Pekovic, Ljubica Bojanić, Natalie Schellack, Johanna C Meyer, Zinhle Matsebula, Thuy Nguyen Thi Phuong, Binh Nguyen Thanh, Saira Jan, Aubrey Kalungia, Sekesai Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Massimo Sartelli, Ruaraidh Hill
Introduction: Antibiotics are indispensable to maintaining human health; however, their overuse has resulted in resistant organisms, increasing morbidity, mortality and costs. Increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat, resulting in multiple campaigns across countries to improve appropriate antimicrobial use. This includes addressing the overuse of antimicrobials for self-limiting infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), particularly in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where there is the greatest inappropriate use and where antibiotic utilization has increased the most in recent years...
February 2020: Current Medical Research and Opinion