TY - JOUR
T1 - Antifungal resistance
T2 - more research needed
AU - Barnes, Rosemary A
AU - Gow, Neil A R
AU - Denning, David W
AU - May, Robin C
AU - Haynes, Ken
AU - British Society of Medical Mycology
PY - 2014/10/18
Y1 - 2014/10/18
N2 - We welcome the efforts of the Antimicrobial Resistance Funders' Forum, led by the UK Medical Research Council, to coordinate approaches for research on antimicrobial resistance, as reported by Geoff Watts (Aug 2, p 391).1 However, we wish to voice our concerns at the apparent restriction of these efforts to antibacterial resistance. Although undoubtedly an area of major global concern, bacteria are not the only microbes for which resistance is a growing threat to human health and wellbeing. In particular, drug resistance in fungal pathogens needs urgent research attention
AB - We welcome the efforts of the Antimicrobial Resistance Funders' Forum, led by the UK Medical Research Council, to coordinate approaches for research on antimicrobial resistance, as reported by Geoff Watts (Aug 2, p 391).1 However, we wish to voice our concerns at the apparent restriction of these efforts to antibacterial resistance. Although undoubtedly an area of major global concern, bacteria are not the only microbes for which resistance is a growing threat to human health and wellbeing. In particular, drug resistance in fungal pathogens needs urgent research attention
U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61861-4
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61861-4
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 25390325
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 384
SP - 1427
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 9952
ER -