Palyutin, S.K. and Aleksandr Leonidovich Khokhlov. 2023 "Antibiotic Therapy, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug-Induced Pathomorphosis, and Evolutionary Medicine" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0244.v1
Abstract
The first half of the 20th century was noteworthy for the introduction of a unique group of drugs – antibiotics. It drastically changed concepts of infectious diseases treatment, which for centuries remained a scourge of the human population. With improvement of the antibiotic treatment efficacy, humanity has faced the problem of a dramatic increase in antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the problem and posed a new challenge to the medical community in finding solutions, both clinical and organizational and methodological, to fight antibiotic resistance widespread all over the globe. This publication covers some aspects of evolutionary processes in either pathogens or diseases, including ethical perspective.
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