Tales of the Resistance

Mailbag #10: What is antimicrobial cross-resistance?

January 31, 2023 iAMResponsible Season 3 Episode 18
Tales of the Resistance
Mailbag #10: What is antimicrobial cross-resistance?
Show Notes

 This week on Tales of the Resistance we continue our multi-week discussion on questions brought to us by our audience!  Today, we'll tackle the questions: What is antimicrobial cross-resistance?  Are bacterial phages a viable strategy to combat AMR in the future?

Show notes:
How Bacteria-Eating Bacteria Could Help Win the War Against Germs
Bacteriophages the Modern Way
Advantages and Limitations of Bacteriophages for the Treatment of Bacterial Infections

This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide university outreach team led by Amy Schmidt at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . Find out more about the project here. Funding for the iAMResponsbile Project was provided by USDA-NIFA Award Nos. 2017-68003-26497, 2018-68003-27467 and 2018-68003-27545. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

 

Intro and outro music was by BenSound