Appropriate surveillance methodology for assessing childhood antibiotic resistance: where do we stand?

In this article, the authors discuss the current state-of-the-art in understanding pathogen resistance. This editorial, from Future Microbiology, is free to access exclusively for The Evidence Base® members. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a potentially dramatic threat to individual and public health as we progress through the 21st century. Rising ABR levels are creating a vicious cycle for clinicians. On the one hand, bacterial infections must be adequately treated in the face of higher prevalence of resistance to first-line conservative agents, and access to effective antibiotics must be secured globally. On the other hand, efforts must be made to use broad-spectrum...