[Media Watch] Voices on antimicrobial resistance

Suddenly, it seems, the media is full of stories about antibiotic resistance. Val McDermid's critically acclaimed radio play Resistance and Dominic Rees-Roberts and Paul Cooke's short film Catch have shown how rich our potential post-antibiotic future is as a topic for dystopian fiction. Yet this type of fiction is far better at highlighting the problem than at showing how it arose, let alone where solutions might come from. For that, we need to turn to documentary. Michael Graziano's hard-hitting documentary, also called Resistance, presents the truth about antibiotic resistance in the early 21st century in an engaging and accessible way.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - October 25, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Clare Sansom Tags: Media Watch Source Type: research