posted on 2021-06-18, 15:05authored byCarolyn Tarrant, Eva Krockow, Emily Rousham, Bjorn Ronnerstrand
Modern medicine is founded on the availability of effective antimicrobials, but antibiotic resistance is an inevitable consequence of widespread use of antibiotics. The rise in multidrug resistant organisms, and the increasing numbers of pan-resistant infections being identified, mean that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a pressing global concern (Jee et al., 2018). [Opening paragraph]
Funding
CT & EMK were funded through Global Challenges Research Fund-Grant No. ES/P004784/1 awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on behalf of the Research Councils United Kingdom (RCUK).