Joint FAO/WHO/OIE Expert Meeting on Critically Important Antimicrobials
Subtitle: report of the FAO/WHO/OIE Expert Meeting, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 26-30 November, 2007.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.; World Health Organization.; International Office of Epizootics.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9789251060094
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Congresses; Anti-infective agents -- Congresses; Anti-infective agents in veterinary medicine -- Congresses; Veterinary drug residues -- Congresses; Food of animal origin -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The need for access to antimicrobials in both human and veterinary medicine is critical. The expert meeting considered various lists of critically important antimicrobials, established priorities, and identified key principles for a simple, practical approach, adaptable to real life. The report also includes recommendations to national governments.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).