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Antibiotic resistance has a language problem

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  • Marc Mendelson

    (Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town)

  • Manica Balasegaram

    (director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative)

  • Tim Jinks

    (head of the Drug-Resistant Infections Program at the Wellcome Trust)

  • Céline Pulcini

    (professor of infectious diseases at Nancy University Hospital and leads a research team on stewardship at the University of Lorraine (EA 4360 APEMAC))

  • Mike Sharland

    (professor of paediatric infectious diseases at the Institute of Infection and Immunity, St Georges Hospital, University of London)

Abstract

A failure to use words clearly undermines the global response to antimicrobials' waning usefulness. Standardize terminology, urge Marc Mendelson and colleagues.

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  • Marc Mendelson & Manica Balasegaram & Tim Jinks & Céline Pulcini & Mike Sharland, 2017. "Antibiotic resistance has a language problem," Nature, Nature, vol. 545(7652), pages 23-25, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:545:y:2017:i:7652:d:10.1038_545023a
    DOI: 10.1038/545023a
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    1. Nutcha Charoenboon & Marco J. Haenssgen & Penporn Warapikuptanun & Thipphaphone Xayavong & Yuzana Khine Zaw, 2019. "Translating antimicrobial resistance: a case study of context and consequences of antibiotic-related communication in three northern Thai villages," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 5(1), pages 1-24, December.
    2. Lhermie, Guillaume & Wernli, Didier & Jørgensen, Peter Søgaard & Kenkel, Donald & Lin Lawell, C.-Y. Cynthia & Tauer, Loren William & Gröhn, Yrjo Tapio, 2019. "Tradeoffs between resistance to antimicrobials in public health and their use in agriculture: Moving towards sustainability assessment," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 1-1.
    3. Sue Walker, 2019. "Effective antimicrobial resistance communication: the role of information design," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 5(1), pages 1-16, December.
    4. Clare I. R. Chandler, 2019. "Current accounts of antimicrobial resistance: stabilisation, individualisation and antibiotics as infrastructure," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 5(1), pages 1-13, December.
    5. Rynkiewich, Katharina & Gole, Sarin & Won, Sarah & Schwartz, David N., 2023. "Cultures of antibiotic prescribing in medical intensive care," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 324(C).

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