Abstract

Infections caused by pathogens with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pose athreat to modern healthcare and have triggered the development of comprehensive national and global action plans against the spread of AMR. These include an increasing global network with the focus on rational antibiotic use, innovative strategies on antibiotic research and development, and new therapeutic approaches in antibacterial drug research. In Europe 671,689 infections associated with AMR pathogens and 33,110 deaths directly related to AMR were counted in just 1year. Globally, resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, pneumococci, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are the most common pathogens in the context of these deaths. Resistance to antibiotics in major drug classes such as beta-lactams and fluoroquinolones is particularly common. Strategies for overcoming the global AMR crisis address research on AMR emergence and spread, promoting campaigns for responsible antibiotic use, and improving infection prevention. The identification of new antibiotics and treatment approaches and the development of new strategies to contain the spread of AMR are essential. Newly approved substances include delafloxacin, lefamulin, and meropenem-vaborbactam. New antibiotics that are well advanced in clinical trials are aztreonam-avibactam, sulbactam-durlobactam, omadacycline, and typeII topoisomerase inhibitors. Much interest is also being shown in the development of new therapeutic approaches such as bacteriophage treatment.

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