Limmathurotsakul, D, Sandoe, JAT orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-8677, Barrett, DC et al. (7 more authors) (2019) ‘Antibiotic footprint’ as a communication tool to aid reduction of antibiotic consumption. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74 (8). pp. 2122-2127. ISSN 0305-7453
Abstract
'Superbugs', bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics, have been in numerous media headlines, raising awareness of antibiotic resistance and leading to multiple action plans from policymakers worldwide. However, many commonly used terms, such as 'the war against superbugs', risk misleading people to request 'new' or 'stronger' antibiotics from their doctors, veterinary surgeons or pharmacists, rather than addressing a fundamental issue: the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in humans and animals. Simple measures of antibiotic consumption are needed for mass communication. In this article, we describe the concept of the 'antibiotic footprint' as a tool to communicate to the public the magnitude of antibiotic use in humans, animals and industry, and how it could support the reduction of overuse and misuse of antibiotics worldwide. We propose that people need to make appropriate changes in behaviour that reduce their direct and indirect consumption of antibiotics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (Leeds) > Section of Molecular Gastroenterology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2019 13:24 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/jac/dkz185 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146894 |