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Preventing antimicrobial resistance
Preventing antimicrobial resistance
Research theme
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The focus of research activities in this theme are:
- to quantify and understand the relationship between antibiotic use and AMR in and in-between humans and animals;
- to determine the population structure and evolution of multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogens in humans and animals;
- to develop and scientifically evaluate infection prevention measures in hospitalized patients and community-dwelling subjects;
- to optimize diagnosis and treatment of infections, in order to minimize unnecessary antibiotic use in hospitals and in primary care;
- to better understand infection pathogenesis among those patients experiencing the highest burden of antibiotic selective pressure (for example, intensive care unit patients);
- to develop tools and to quantify the burden of AMR;
- to develop an international clinical research infrastructure to increase efficiency of clinical evaluation of new antimicrobial therapies.