Antimicrobial Resistance in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Brief Review.
Márió GajdácsEdit UrbánAnette StájerZoltán BaráthPublished in: European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education (2021)
The reduction in infectious disease morbidity and mortality may be attributed to a variety of factors; however, improved sanitation and public health, and the introduction of vaccines and antibiotics are among the most significant. The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacterial pathogens is an expected consequence of evolutionary adaptation to these noxious agents and the widespread use of these drugs has significantly sped up this process. Infections caused by multidrug resistant pathogens are directly associated with worse clinical outcomes, longer hospital stays, excess mortality in the affected patients and an increasing burden and costs on the healthcare infrastructure. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were published in 2015 by the United Nations to serve as a global blueprint for a better, more equitable, more sustainable life on our planet. The SDGs contextualize AMR as a global public health and societal issue; in addition, the continuing emergence of AMR may limit the attainment on many SDGs. The aim of this mini-review is to provide insight on the interface between attainment of SDGs and the clinical problem of drug resistance in bacteria.
Keyphrases
- antimicrobial resistance
- public health
- healthcare
- multidrug resistant
- global health
- infectious diseases
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- gram negative
- randomized controlled trial
- gene expression
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- prognostic factors
- cystic fibrosis
- health insurance
- electronic health record