Bacterial resistance and human microecology

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a serious global public health problem, and China is one of the countries with the serious problem of irrational antibiotic use and bacterial drug resistance. The world is headed for a post-antibiotic era. With the rapid development of microecology, microbiota has been linked with antibiotic resistance. From microecological point of view, it is possible for researchers in different fields to innovate new techniques for bacterial drug resistance, and to explore the evolution of pathogenic bacteria as well as the mechanism of their resistance to antibacterial agents. This paper reviews the research progress in bacterial resistance and microecology, and prospects the future research needs that should be prioritized to tackle antibiotic resistance. Key words: Microecology; Drug resistance, bacterial; Infection; Anti-bacterial agents