Antimicrobial Resistance: Are we heading towards Post Antibiotic Era?
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, a magic antibiotic used for the treatment of most of the bacterial infection marked the beginning of an antibiotic era. With booming drug development, a new drug was always available to treat increasing drug-resistant bacteria. Between 1935 to 2003 fourteen classes of antibiotics were developed. However, with the indiscriminate and inappropriate use of antibiotics, microbes developed mechanisms to elude the action of antimicrobial agents.
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Bashir A. Fomda
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