Author: Hipgrave, David
Title: Communicable disease control in China: From Mao to now Document date: 2011_12_23
ID: 0b7aui02_51
Snippet: Finally, TB is not the only bacterium for which antibiotic resistance is a major emerging problem in China. Marketisation of the health sector, all the way down to village level, resulted in massive overuse of antibiotics, and a very active pharmaceutical manufacturing sector has avidly promoted "new, improved" drugs to health providers across the nation. Although data are hard to come by as clinical microbiology is a luxury not usually purchased.....
Document: Finally, TB is not the only bacterium for which antibiotic resistance is a major emerging problem in China. Marketisation of the health sector, all the way down to village level, resulted in massive overuse of antibiotics, and a very active pharmaceutical manufacturing sector has avidly promoted "new, improved" drugs to health providers across the nation. Although data are hard to come by as clinical microbiology is a luxury not usually purchased by health services in China, it is safe to assume that multi-resistant bacteria are common in China, and pose a threat to CDC in clinical settings.
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