Hryniewicz Waleria, Mazińska Beata
Narodowy Instytut Leków w Warszawie, Zakład Epidemiologii i Mikrobiologii Klinicznej, Narodowy Program Ochrony Antybiotyków.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2009 Oct;27(160):261-4.
Antibiotic resistance is a major European and global public health problem. There are a number of reasons for its emergence; however, the main reasons are the excessive and improper use of this group of antimicrobial drugs. Several recommendations on the prudent use of antibiotics have been developed by various national and intemational authorities. The main message is to use them more responsibly and rationally, since the very dynamic emergence and spread of resistant microorganisms, plus a lack of new antimicrobial drugs in the pipelines of pharmaceutical companies, may result in our inability to treat infections successfully in the near future. To strengthen the message on prudent use, an initiative of the ECDC resulted in a decision by the European Commission to establish the 18th of November as European Antibiotic Awareness Day every year.
抗生素耐药性是欧洲乃至全球的一个重大公共卫生问题。其出现有多种原因；然而，主要原因是这类抗菌药物的过度和不当使用。各国和国际权威机构已制定了多项关于谨慎使用抗生素的建议。主要信息是要更负责任、更合理地使用抗生素，因为耐药微生物的迅速出现和传播，再加上制药公司研发中新抗菌药物的短缺，可能导致我们在不久的将来无法成功治疗感染。为强化谨慎使用抗生素的信息，欧洲疾病预防控制中心发起的一项倡议促使欧盟委员会做出决定，将每年的11月18日定为欧洲抗生素宣传日。
