Antibiotic resistance is one of the major threats to the health of the public?yet it is poorly appreciated by politicians, public and even health care providers.
Although antibiotics have proven to be one of the most important life savers of the 20th century there is an inexorable decline in their efficacy and soon we will be approaching a ?post-antibiotic era? with all that implies .
Many diseases often kill people in ?old age? yet resistant infections can kill ?bread-winners? in the prime of their lives.
It is imperative that all involve work together to ensure those drugs which are useful maintain their efficacy and new compounds are developed.