Antimicrobial resistance rising in children globally, study shows

Roughly 20 years ago, there were no pathogens resistant to broad-spectrum antibiotics in Africa and Southeast Asia, but antimicrobial resistance in these regions is increasingly common among children, according to study findings. Last year, Yanhong Jessika Hu, MD, PhD, MPH, a research fellow at the University of Sydney School of Public Health and Joseph Harwell, MD, from Brown University,