Article
Translating antibiotic prescribing into antimicrobial resistance in the environment: a hazard characterisation case study
2019-02-03
Abstract excerpt
The use and misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and agriculture since penicillin’s mass production in 1942 has contributed to the current global crisis of drug-resistant infections. Often overlooked are the unintended consequences of such widespread antibiotic use, such as the chronic environmental release of unmetabolised, bioactive antibiotics and antibiotic-resistance genes found in human and animals waste...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 906499de-afb4-5def-8922-e385c239b898
- DOI
- 10.1101/539536
