Antimicrobial resistance | T&F

According to The WHO anti-retroviral treatment should be delayed until necessary in HIV infected patients in order to help reduce the development of anti-viral resistant strains.

Ireland has one of the lowest rates of MRSA worldwide.

Poor prescription practices among doctors have contributed to the propagation of resistant pathogens.

Virtually all influenza A viruses circulating in humans are resistant to one category of anti-viral drugs, the M2 inhibitors

Linezolid is the recommended treatment in cases of failed aminoglycoside therapy in complicated urinary tract infections.

Artemisinin resistance is leading to increased rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Third generation cephalosporins are effective in the treatment of  gonorrhoea.

CRE infection occurs where members of the family Enterobacteriaceae become resistant to linezolid.

Development of new antibiotics is the best way of solving the problem of bacterial resistance.

Oral penicillin preparations should be used to treat lower respiratory tract viral infections.