England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies has warned of a 'post-antibiotic era' of medicine in which surgery could become impossible if antimicrobial resistance is allowed to increase unchecked. In a paper published by the Royal Society Dame Sally said that stopping the routine use of precious antibiotics on farms could lead to higher food prices. These would need to be supported by the public in order to prevent the grave rise in antimicrobial resistance. The paper warned of a return to Victorian levels of infection-related deaths if antibiotic resistance was not stopped. See also Sustain's work with the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics
Published Friday 1 May 2015
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