National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.

摘要

Antibiotics have been a critical public health tool since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, saving the lives of millions of people around the world. Today, however, the emergence of drug resistance in bacteria is reversing the miracles of the past eighty years, with drug choices for the treatment of many bacterial infections becoming increasingly limited, expensive, and, in some cases, nonexistent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that drug-resistant bacteria cause two million illnesses and approximately 23,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria provides a roadmap to guide the Nation in rising to this challenge. The goals of the National Action Plan include: 1. Slow the Emergence of Resistant Bacteria and Prevent the Spread of Resistant Infections. 2. Strengthen National One-Health Surveillance Efforts to Combat Resistance. 3. Advance Development and Use of Rapid and Innovative Diagnostic Tests for Identification and Characterization of Resistant Bacteria. 4. Accelerate Basic and Applied Research and Development for New Antibiotics, Other Therapeutics, and Vaccines. 5. Improve International Collaboration and Capacities for Antibiotic-resistance Prevention, Surveillance, Control, and Antibiotic Research and Development.