Self-medication and antibiotic resistance: Crisis, current challenges, and prevention

The present study aims to explore the crisis of antibiotic resistance and discover more about the current challenges related to self-medication. The current challenges related to antibiotic resistance are unique and differ from the challenges of the past since new bacterial pathogens are involved an...

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Published inSaudi journal of biological sciences Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 808 - 812
Main Authors Rather, Irfan A., Kim, Byung-Chun, Bajpai, Vivek K., Park, Yong-Ha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Elsevier B.V 01.05.2017
Saudi Biological Society
Elsevier
Subjects
Antibiotics
Drugs
Resistance
Review
الأدوية
المضادات الحيوية
Resistance
Drugs
Antibiotics
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Summary:The present study aims to explore the crisis of antibiotic resistance and discover more about the current challenges related to self-medication. The current challenges related to antibiotic resistance are unique and differ from the challenges of the past since new bacterial pathogens are involved and continue to evolve. Strains with resistance to multiple antibiotic classes have emerged which the discovery of new antibiotics has failed to match. The consequences of antibiotic resistance are grave with mortality and morbidity continually on the rise. This paper also highlights the possible interventions that can be effective at the micro or individual level in the prevention of development of antibiotic resistance.
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ISSN:1319-562X
2213-7106
DOI:10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.01.004