Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance Training Network Ghent University
The discovery of antibiotics in the 1950s saved millions of lives from once-deadly diseases such as tuberculosis, plague, pneumoniae and even simple wound infections. Moreover, antibiotics opened new possibilities for complex medical interventions such as organ transplants or cancer treatment, that were previously practically impossible due to risk of life-threatening infections. However, the over- and misuse of antibiotics in humans, ...