CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: CDC Around the World: World Antibiotic Awareness Week

martes, 17 de noviembre de 2015

CDC Around the World: World Antibiotic Awareness Week

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

CDC lab staff shows two plates growing bacteria in the presence of discs containing various antibiotics. The bacteria on the left plate is susceptible to the antibiotics and is therefore unable to grow. The one on the right is resistant to all of the antibiotics tested and is able to grow near the discs. View full-sized photo

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: World Antibiotic Awareness Week

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Blog of the Week

THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S ANTIBIOTICS: RESISTANCE RATES RISING, STEWARDSHIP IS THE SOLUTION

Antibiotic resistance is a problem that must be faced squarely in every country in 2015. The good news is that every country can take action and these national actions will benefit the local population. That’s the conclusion my colleagues and I at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) were proud to release in September in a major report: The State of the World’s Antibiotics, 2015...read blog

Infographic of the Week

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: THE GLOBAL THREAT

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Video of the Week

THE COMING CRISIS IN ANTIBIOTICS

Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like treating the flu and even raising cheaper chickens. The result, says researcher Ramanan Laxminarayan, is that the drugs will stop working for everyone...watch video
The coming crisis in antibiotics

Story of the Week

PROTECTING THE POWER OF ANTIBIOTICS: LESSONS FROM EGYPT

Consider this: Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic – penicillin – in 1928, at a time when the world’s population was less than 1/3 of what it is today and commercial air travel was not yet commonplace...read story
Protecting the Power of Antibiotics: Lessons from Egypt