1. The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global antimicrobial and biocide resistance: an AMR Insights global perspective
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Ansari, Shamshul, Hays, John P, Kemp, Andrew, Okechukwu, Raymond, Murugaiyan, Jayaseelan, Ekwanzala, Mutshiene Deogratias, Ruiz Alvarez, Maria Josefina, Paul-Satyaseela, Maneesh, Iwu, Chidozie Declan, Balleste-Delpierre, Clara, Septimus, Ed, Mugisha, Lawrence, Fadare, Joseph, Chaudhuri, Susmita, Chibabhai, Vindana, Wadanamby, JM Rohini WW, Daoud, Ziad, Xiao, Yonghong, Parkunan, Thulasiraman, Khalaf, Yara, M’Ikanatha, Nkuchia M, van Dongen, Maarten BM, Barkema, Herman W, Strathdee, Steffanie, Benyeogor, Emmanuel, Ighodalo, Uzairue Leonard, Prasad, Kurcheti Pani, M, Carlos, Gu, Yoshiaki, Essack, Sabiha, de Silva, Dilan, Vellinga, Akke, Mommtaz Ghannam, Wagih, Tsoho, Najib Auwal, Sakeena, MHF, Ilenwabor, Rhoda, Shetty, Dhanuraj Raj, Ayebare, Arnold, Traore, Zoumana Isaac, Henry, Ola, Kiran, Amritanjali, Toro, Luisa Fernanda, Smail, Adil, Amulele, Anne, Founou, Luria Leslie, Sawant, Prathamesh S, Buregyeya, Esther, Castro-Sanchez, Enrique, Moreno-Morales, Javier, Izadjoo, Mina, Gori, Andrea, Goff, Debra, Blocker, Arielle, Forte, Giovanna, Tahir, Muhammad Farooq, Diggle, Mathew, Chakraborty, Dipanjan, Asamoah, Anita E, and Aberi, Humphrey
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Medical Microbiology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Antimicrobial Resistance ,Prevention ,Biodefense ,Vaccine Related ,Infectious Diseases ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Global AMR Insights Ambassador Network ,Clinical sciences ,Medical microbiology ,Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious public health challenge in all countries. However, repercussions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections on future global health are still being investigated, including the pandemic's potential effect on the emergence and spread of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Critically ill COVID-19 patients may develop severe complications, which may predispose patients to infection with nosocomial bacterial and/or fungal pathogens, requiring the extensive use of antibiotics. However, antibiotics may also be inappropriately used in milder cases of COVID-19 infection. Further, concerns such as increased biocide use, antimicrobial stewardship/infection control, AMR awareness, the need for diagnostics (including rapid and point-of-care diagnostics) and the usefulness of vaccination could all be components shaping the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this publication, the authors present a brief overview of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated issues that could influence the pandemic's effect on global AMR.
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- 2021