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. 2015 Aug 21;64(32):871-3.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6432a3.

CDC Grand Rounds: Getting Smart About Antibiotics

Alicia Demirjian, Guillermo V Sanchez, Jonathan A Finkelstein, Shari M Ling, Arjun Srinivasan, Lori A Pollack, Lauri A Hicks, John K Iskander

CDC Grand Rounds: Getting Smart About Antibiotics

Alicia Demirjian et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

Abstract

Each year in the United States, approximately two million persons become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, at least 23,000 persons die as a direct result of these infections, and many more die from conditions complicated by a resistant infection. Antibiotic-resistant infections contribute to poor health outcomes, higher health care costs, and use of more toxic treatments. Although emerging resistance mechanisms are being identified and resistant infections are on the rise, new antibiotic development has slowed considerably.

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