Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Antibiotic resistance as a global threat: Evidence from China, Kuwait and the United States | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Research Open Access Antibiotic resistance as a global threat Evidence from China Kuwait and the United States Ruifang Zhang1 Karen Eggleston 2 Vincent Rotimi3 and Richard J Zeckhauser4 Address 1Goldman Sachs International Global Investment Research London UK 2Tufts University Economics Department Medford MA 02155 USA 3Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University Kuwait and 4Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Cambridge MA USA Email Ruifang Zhang - Karen Eggleston - Vincent Rotimi - vincent@ Richard J Zeckhauser - richard_zeckhauser@ Corresponding author Published 07 April 2006 Received 04 September 2005 Globalization and Health 2006 2 6 doi 1744-8603-2-6 Accepted 07 April 2006 This article is available from http content 2 1 6 2006 Zhang et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance is an under-appreciated threat to public health in nations around the globe. With globalization booming it is important to understand international patterns of resistance. If countries already experience similar patterns of resistance it may be too late to worry about international spread. If large countries or groups of countries that are likely to leap ahead in their integration with the rest of the world -China being the standout case - have high and distinctive patterns of resistance then a coordinated response could substantially help to control the spread of resistance. The literature to date provides only limited evidence on these issues. Methods We study the recent patterns of antibiotic resistance in three .
