Antimicrobial resistance: The complex challenge of measurement to inform policy and the public

Wernli, Didier; Jørgensen, Peter S; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Carroll, Scott P; Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Levrat, Nicolas; Røttingen, John-Arne; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002378

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Antimicrobial resistance: The complex challenge of measurement to inform policy and the public

ContributorsWernli, Didier

; Jørgensen, Peter S; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Carroll, Scott P; Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Levrat, Nicolas; Røttingen, John-Arne; Pittet, Didier

Published inPLOS Medicine, vol. 14, no. 8, e1002378

Publication date2017-08-17

Abstract

Didier Wernli and colleagues discuss the role of monitoring in countering antimicrobial resistance.

Keywords

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
Bacteria/drug effects
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Environmental Monitoring
Epidemiological Monitoring
Information Dissemination
Public Health

Affiliation entities

Research groups

Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

Citation (ISO format)

WERNLI, Didier et al. Antimicrobial resistance: The complex challenge of measurement to inform policy and the public. In: PLOS Medicine, 2017, vol. 14, n° 8, p. e1002378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002378

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PID : unige:99511
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002378
PMID : 28817562
PMCID : PMC5560527

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002378

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Antimicrobial resistance: The complex challenge of measurement to inform policy and the public

Didier Wernli and colleagues discuss the role of monitoring in countering antimicrobial resistance.

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