Science@RCC: Antibiotic resistance: A global crisis

Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections in people and animals. When bacteria change in some way that reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of the antimicrobial, resistance occurs. Then, the bacteria survive and continue to multiply causing more harm.

Antimicrobial resistance has been a major concern in recent years due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant bacteria and the lack of active antibiotics against them. The World Health Organization warned about this circumstance and remarked that a post-antibiotic era is a real possibility for the 21st century.

The use of antimicrobial drugs has become widespread over several decades, and has been extensively misused in both humans and food-producing animals, where it is not only used for disease treatment, but also for prevention, control, and growth promotion. This has contributed to the selection and spread of resistant bacteria. Therefore, it is necessary to promote prudent use of antimicrobial agents and comprehensive infection control measures to reduce the selection and control the transmission of resistant bacteria.  

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Speaker: María Luisa Gil Marqués. Postdoctoral Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

Sponsors: RCC; Science@RCC.