Antibiotics Quote by Bonnie Bassler

When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being…

— Bonnie Bassler

Antibiotic resistance is as old as the dirt that coats our planet.

— Scott Gottlieb

Antibiotics are a very serious public health problem for us, and it's getting worse. Resistant microbes outstrip new antibiotics. It's an ongoing problem. It's…

— Anthony Fauci

“It may be hard to imagine a world before antibiotics, but now we must imagine a world where antibiotics are not the only weapon…

— Carl Zimmer

Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are more costly,…

— Margaret Chan

“Rather than say that the bacterium gained resistance to the antibiotic, we would be more correct to say that it lost its sensitivity to…

— Lee Spetner

Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“exposure to antibiotics early in life causes microbial perturbations at a crucial time, just when organs and systems are developing.”

— Martin J. Blaser

Some experts say we are moving back to the pre-antibiotic era. No. This will be a post-antibiotic era. In terms of new replacement antibiotics,…

— Margaret Chan

“Look, there’s no debate among microbiologists—a pandemic is coming. Sooner or later one of these bugs is going to be stronger and faster than…

— Sean Chercover

In all, 86 per cent of the increased life expectancy was due to decreases in infectious diseases. And the bulk of the decline in…

— Laurie Garrett

Since we're living with antibiotic drugs and chlorinated water and antibacterial soap and all these factors in our contemporary lives that I'd group together…

— Sandor Katz