Abstract
OPINION article Front. Microbiol., 07 March 2014Sec. Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00086
Highlights
Since the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an ever-increasing threat to human and animal health (Carlet et al, 2012; ITFAR, 2012)
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) have taken vastly different approaches to AMR surveillance and research, and these choices have led to a wide variance in the current policy climate regarding antimicrobial use and AMR
If policy shifts will occur in the US, changes in AMR surveillance and allocation of scientific research funding are required
Summary
Since the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an ever-increasing threat to human and animal health (Carlet et al, 2012; ITFAR, 2012). The US has not invested deeply in either research funding or surveillance programs that include such uses.
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