Fighting Infections in a Microbial World
Bacteria can be found everywhere, including in the human body where it plays an important role in our health. Your bacterial ecosystem is referred to as your microbiota and helps protect you from infections.…
Antimicrobial Resistance & Stewardship
Importance of Using Antibiotics Correctly and Completing the Prescribed Dose
The misuse of antibiotics coupled to a decrease in the number of novel drugs entering the clinic has led to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. To prevent this from happening, antibiotics should only…
Antibiotic Resistance is Everybody’s Responsibility
This article is about my family’s experience with antibiotics Main Article: Antibiotic resistance is everybody’s responsibility In 1932 my grandfather’s first wife died of tuberculosis. It wasn’t until 1948 that the first penicillin came to…
Antibiotic Resistance – The return of the Four Horsemen
Antibiotics are almost single-handedly responsible for eliminating deaths and mortality caused by infectious disease. However, antibiotic resistance is disseminating among deadly pathogens, returning us to an era where death due to infection is a…
Canada Putting Up No Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
A number of recent developments in the last three months have catapulted antimicrobial resistance onto the world stage. Many other countries, such as the U.S. and U.K., have committed significant funds to tackling the…
The case for Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Student Call to Action.
Antibiotic resistance is a modern-day crisis. Medical professionals are quickly running out of antibiotics that we can use to treat deadly bacterial infections and our group, the Students for Antimicrobial Stewardship Society, aims to…
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