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Do We Need to Put Society First? The Potential for Tragedy in Antimicrobial Resistance

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  • Kevin R Foster
  • Hajo Grundmann

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Antimicrobial use presents a dilemma, say Foster and Grundmann. Appropriate use can benefit individual patients but carries a cost to society by selecting for resistant strains that are difficult to treat.

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  • Kevin R Foster & Hajo Grundmann, 2006. "Do We Need to Put Society First? The Potential for Tragedy in Antimicrobial Resistance," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(2), pages 1-1, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:0030029
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030029
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    1. Kamenshchikova, A. & Wolffs, P.F.G. & Hoebe, C.J. & Penders, J. & Horstman, K., 2018. "Complex narratives of health, stigma and control: Antimicrobial resistance screening among non-hospitalized refugees," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 43-49.
    2. Costello, Christopher & Quérou, Nicolas & Tomini, Agnes, 2015. "Partial enclosure of the commons," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 69-78.
    3. Yuhan Bao & Adrian Ely & Michael M. Hopkins & Xianzhe Li & Yangmu Huang, 2021. "Exploring the Antibiotics Innovation System and R&D policies in China: Mission Oriented Innovation?," SPRU Working Paper Series 2021-04, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    4. Travis C Porco & Daozhou Gao & James C Scott & Eunha Shim & Wayne T Enanoria & Alison P Galvani & Thomas M Lietman, 2012. "When Does Overuse of Antibiotics Become a Tragedy of the Commons?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(12), pages 1-12, December.

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