Antibiotic Armageddon: Can bacterial phenotypic modifying drugs save us - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Antibiotic resistance is now responsible for at least 50000 deaths a year in the US and Europe – and things are going to get much worse in the future with predictions of an increase in both the number of deaths and poor clinical outcomes. As the spectre of the “Post-antibiotic era” threatens to make antibiotic medicines obsolete, we look at alternatives to circumvent this impending crisis. This presentation will focus on the potential of phenotypic modifiers in preventing resistance, reducing antibiotic usage, and re-sensitising bacteria that are currently resistant to antibiotic therapy. This presentation will look at what they are, how they work and whether they can really save us from antibiotic armageddon.