Are we reverting to a pre-antibiotic age? Dirty hospitals, poor prescribing practices by physicians and poor patient adherence to correct antibiotic use mean that routine medications are becoming increasing obsolescent.
The risk is accelerating because of new global substandard medicines -- caused by inferior ingredients or inadequate production techniques -- that are driving a new wave of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). With few financial incentives for major pharmaceutical companies to find new antimicrobial agents, the future may be bleak. Old medicines will become obsolete, and few new medicines will be there to replace them.
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