Surveillance of Resistance to New Antibiotics in an Era of Limited Treatment Options.

ABSTRACT: As with any health threat, our ability to respond to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance depends on our ability to understand the scale of the problem, magnitude, geographical spread, and trends over time. This is especially true for resistance emergence to newer antibiotics coming to the market as last-resort treatments. Yet current antibiotic surveillance systems are limited to monitoring resistance to commonly prescribed drugs that have been on the market for a long time. This qualitative study determined the essential elements and requirements of antimicrobial resistance surveillance for new antibiotics based on literature review, interviews and expert consensus. After an extensive mapping exercise, 10 experts participated in a modified Delphi consultation to identify

SUBMITTER: Morel CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091962 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature