Antibiotic resistance is never going to go away. No matter how many drugs we throw at it, no matter how much money and resources are sacrifi ced to wage a war on resistance, it will always prevail. Humans are forced to coexist with the fact of antibiotic resistance. Public health offi cials, clinicians, and scientists must fi nd effective ways to cope with antibiotic resistant bacteria harmful to humans and animals and to control the development of new types of resistance.
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