Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance

Autor: Hiromu Ito, Takayuki Wada, Genki Ichinose, Jun Tanimoto, Jin Yoshimura, Taro Yamamoto, Satoru Morita
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25632-1
Popis: Abstract The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by the excess use of antimicrobials has come to be recognized as a global threat to public health. There is a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type social dilemma behind this excess use of antimicrobials, which should be recognized by all stakeholders. To address this global threat, we thus surveyed eight countries/areas to determine whether people recognize this dilemma and showed that although more than half of the population pays little, if any, attention to it, almost 20% recognize this social dilemma, and 15–30% of those have a positive attitude toward solving that dilemma. We suspect that increasing individual awareness of this social dilemma contributes to decreasing the frequency of AMR emergencies.
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