Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance

• There is growing understanding that the environment plays an important role both in the transmission of antibiotic resistant pathogens and in their evolution. Accordingly, researchers and stakeholders world-wide seek to further explore the mechanisms and drivers involved, quantify risks and identify suitable interventions. There is a clear value in establishing research needs and coordinating efforts within and across nations in order to best tackle this global challenge. At an international workshop in late September 2017, scientists from 14 countries with expertise on the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance gathered to define critical knowledge gaps. Four key areas were identified where research is urgently needed: 1) the relative contributions of different sources of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria into the environment; 2) the role of the environment, and particularly anthropogenic inputs, in the evolution of resistance; 3) the overall human and animal health impacts caused by exposure to environmental resistant bacteria; and 4) the efficacy and feasibility of different technological, social, economic and behavioral interventions to mitigate environmental antibiotic resistance.(1)

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Infektionsmedicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Infectious Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Antimicrobial resistance

Infectious diseases

Risk assessment

Risk management

Environmental

horizontal gene-transfer

antimicrobial resistance

risk-assessment

escherichia-coli

waste-water

policy interventions

protection goals

bacteria

pathogens

evolution

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

. European Commission

2017

IENCESRoyal Society Discussion Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance Addressing the Threat to Global

ENIHR. Scientific committee on emerging and newly identified health risks (SCENIHR)

2009

Antimicrobial resistance

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