Bacterial Resistance against Antibiotics

Veterinary use of antimicrobials is now very substantial in all fields of animal industry, in pets and in animal conservation. Veterinarians face the dual problems of developing antimicrobial resistance and concerns from human medicine about the potentialfor animal use to drive this process and make human products less effective. This is of course a two-way process, but veterinary treatment is already prejudiced by the appearance of organisms such as multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The appearance of multi-resistant S.intermedius and its recognition now in the world is a particular concern. With a lack of new and potent antimicrobials in the pipeline we are facing a crisis which can only be faced by much wiser use of the drugs that we have. This paper try to introduce thisphenomenon and it is to be hoped that this paper will help veterinarians to optimize their antimicrobial treatment practices and protocols.