Surveying Antimicrobial Resistance: Approaches, Issues, and Challenges to Overcome

• Main Author: Jose Luis Capelo (auth)
• Other Authors: Alexandre Goncalves (auth), Gilberto Igrejas (auth), Patricia Poeta (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Microbiology; antimicrobial resistance; Antibiotic surveillance; Proteomics; Genetics; Infections; Animal pathogens; antibiotics; Epidemiology; One Health
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Why Antibiotic Resistance? The use of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine may have consequences beyond their intended applications. The "One Health" concept recognizes that the health of humans is connected to the health of animals and the environment. Progress in molecular geneti...