The Role of Microbiology Testing in Controlling Infection and Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship
This chapter discusses the Role of Microbiology Testing in Controlling Infection and Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship. It details the role that culture and sensitivity testing has played in creating the ‘objective’ evidence base that facilitated and nu
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Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective
Louise Ackers · Gavin Ackers-Johnson · Joanne Welsh · Daniel Kibombo · Samuel Opio
Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective
Louise Ackers Global Social Justice University of Salford Salford, UK Joanne Welsh University of Salford Salford, UK
Gavin Ackers-Johnson University of Salford Salford, UK Daniel Kibombo Infectious Disease Institute Kampala, Uganda
Samuel Opio Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda Kampala, Uganda
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We dedicate this book to the Future Generations of public health users in Uganda and Low- and Middle-Income Countries facing the impacts of Anti-Microbial Resistance.
Foreword
As the UK Special Envoy on AMR, I welcome Professor Louise Ackers’ book, Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective. The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is a growing threat to modern medicine and our ability to treat infections. It is estimated that more than 30,000 women die each year as a result of severe infections when giving birth and the majority of these deaths occur in LMICs. Sepsis accounts for ar
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