A campaign by the Chinese Government to reduce the serious public health challenge of antimicrobial resistance* has been largely successful but important obstacles remain if China is to reduce the high death rates and ill-health caused by multidrug-resistant organisms, according to Chinese experts writing in PLOS Medicine. Yonghong Xiao and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, explain that in China, the main cause of antimicrobial resistance is the irrational use of antimicrobial drugs, in healthcare and veterinary settings and also by the general public.
No comments:
Post a Comment