Antibiotic resistance has a language problem

Marc Mendelson (), Manica Balasegaram, Tim Jinks, Céline Pulcini and Mike Sharland
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Marc Mendelson: Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town
Manica Balasegaram: director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
Tim Jinks: head of the Drug-Resistant Infections Program at the Wellcome Trust
Céline Pulcini: professor of infectious diseases at Nancy University Hospital and leads a research team on stewardship at the University of Lorraine (EA 4360 APEMAC)
Mike Sharland: professor of paediatric infectious diseases at the Institute of Infection and Immunity, St Georges Hospital, University of London

Nature, 2017, vol. 545, issue 7652, 23-25

Abstract: A failure to use words clearly undermines the global response to antimicrobials' waning usefulness. Standardize terminology, urge Marc Mendelson and colleagues.

Date: 2017
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