Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is a major global threat to public health due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic use is one of the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance. It has been demonstrated that there might be a threshold of antibiotic use beyond which resistance would be triggered. A threshold is an estimate of the maximum use of any antibiotic in a population that can be used over a specific period without having resistance to that antibiotic. A policy of use aimed at not exceeding those thresholds for each antibiotic can be established, hoping that problematic resistance would remain at acceptable levels.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global Pharmaceutical Policy |
| Editors | Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 331-344 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811527241 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811527234 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Jun 2020 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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