Antimicrobial resistance: The complex challenge of measurement to inform policy and the public

Didier Wernli¹, Peter S Jørgensen^{2

3}, Stephan Harbarth^{4

5}, Scott P Carroll^{6

7}, Ramanan Laxminarayan^{8

9}, Nicolas Levrat^{1

10}, John-Arne Røttingen^{11

12}, Didier Pittet^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
⁷ Institute for Contemporary Evolution, Davis, California, United States of America.
⁸ Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
⁹ Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington, DC, United States of America.
¹⁰ Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ Department of Global Health & Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
¹² Norwegian Institute of Public Health and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Didier Wernli et al. PLoS Med. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 17;14(8):e1002378.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002378. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Didier Wernli¹, Peter S Jørgensen^{2

3}, Stephan Harbarth^{4

5}, Scott P Carroll^{6

7}, Ramanan Laxminarayan^{8

9}, Nicolas Levrat^{1

10}, John-Arne Røttingen^{11

12}, Didier Pittet^{4

5}

¹ Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
⁷ Institute for Contemporary Evolution, Davis, California, United States of America.
⁸ Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
⁹ Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington, DC, United States of America.
¹⁰ Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ Department of Global Health & Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
¹² Norwegian Institute of Public Health and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract

Didier Wernli and colleagues discuss the role of monitoring in countering antimicrobial resistance.

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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