Hopeful results in antibiotics reduction

The annual report on antibiotic resistance ?and the use of antibiotics in livestock shows encouraging results: resistance is decreasing. But we need to stay alert, says Dik Mevius. By Jan Braakman Dik Mevius is pleasantly surprised. The researcher of the Centraal Veterinair Instituut and professor of antimicrobial resistance at the Faculty of Veterinary in Utrecht, the Netherlands knew of course that the decrease in the use of antibiotics would have to lead to a decrease in resistance. Howev