Antimicrobial resistance
Keeping antimicrobial-resistant bacteria at bay
One of the biggest threats to global health may become far worse in the coming decades for those countries without access to clean water and wastewater infrastructure.
Antibiotic resistance in Tanzania is an environmental problem
WSU study finds that environmental transmission rather than antibiotic use explains the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in people, domestic animals and wildlife.
Superbugs
Washington State Magazine | In hospitals and at home, it’s back to basics, to compact the ever-evolving drug resistant microbes.
Antibiotic Resistance: What the Allen School is doing to help solve this global health crisis
Bacteria can do something remarkable. They can share genes. So, if one bacterium is resistant to a particular antibiotic, such as tetracycline, it can pass that resistant gene to another bacterium. That bacterium will become resistant and can pass its resistant gene to another bacterium.
