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Antimicrobial resistance dynamics and the one-health strategy: a review

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Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat that kills at least 75,000 people every year worldwide and causes extended hospital stays. In  the coming 10 years, antimicrobial resistance is projected to have huge health and economic burden on countries, and the scarcity of available antibiotics further worsens the situation. Antimicrobial resistance results mainly from indiscriminate antibiotic usage in humans, animals and agriculture, and from the rapid emergence and dissemination of resistant pathogens. This issue is challenging for antibiotic stewardship, strict regulations on antibiotics usage, large-scale surveillance and responsible public behavior. This demands international cooperation and integrated efforts under the ‘one-health’ strategy. Here, we review antimicrobial resistance and the one-health strategy. We discuss the historical issue of using antibiotics. We highlight the effectiveness of hygiene in livestock rearing, careful antibiotic usage and large-scale surveillance of animals, humans and environment domains. We present strategies for mitigation of antimicrobial resistance, exemplified by the successful ban of triclosan which induced a significant decline of resistant pathogens. We emphasize the benefits of the global antibiotic resistance partnership and of the one-health participation of stakeholders from public, healthcare professionals and government to mitigate antimicrobial resistance.

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Abbreviations

qnr:

Quinolone resistance gene

bla:

Beta-lactamase gene

mec:

Methicillin resistance gene

sul:

Dihydropteroate synthase gene for sulfonamide resistance

UN-FAO:

United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization

GARP:

Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership

INSAR-India:

Indian Network for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance-India

NARMS-USA:

National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System-USA

ESAC-EU:

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption-EU

SASCM-SA:

South African Society for Clinical Microbiology-South Africa

PAHO:

Pan American Health Organization

EARS:

Net European Resistance Surveillance Network

GLASS-WHO:

Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System-WHO

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KSS, SA and SD wrote the manuscript. JKS made the figures. WB and YS edited the manuscript with comments and changes as and when required.

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Singh, K.S., Anand, S., Dholpuria, S. et al. Antimicrobial resistance dynamics and the one-health strategy: a review. Environ Chem Lett 19, 2995–3007 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01238-3

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