Brussels, 16/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - European citizens are not sufficiently aware about antibiotic resistance. This is the conclusion from a new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) published on Monday 16 November during the European Antibiotics Awareness Day (this marked the launch of the global week on the same theme).
Antibiotic resistance is characterised by the ability of a microorganism to resist antibiotic treatment to which it was previously sensitive. The WHO study was...