A call to action on antimicrobial stewardship in tuberculosis: safeguarding effective tuberculosis treatment for future generations
Thomas Theo Brehm, Askar Yedilbayev, Ihor Perehinets, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Dumitru Chesov, Christoph Lange, Onno W. Akkerman, Onno W. Akkerman, Anne M. Akkerman-Nijland, Aabid Ali, Muhammad Hasnain Ali, Alina Malic, Aysel Elman Aslanova, Filiz Duyar Ağca, Aylin Babalik, Yazeed Garba Bala, Ariful Basher, Adrian Belîi, Luisa Berckenhagen, Mathieu S. Bolhuis, Dragoş Băiceanu, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Ivica Čabraja, Lucy Catteau, Emil Ceban, Olga Cerneţchi, Elena Chițan, Nelly Ciobanu, Osman Sezer Cirit, Valeriu Crudu, Raquel Duarte, Fusun Oner Eyuboglu, Federico Fama, Margaret M. Fitzgibbon, Agnes Gebhard, Evelina I. Gherghelegiu, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Elmira Gurbanova, Sophia Hatzianastasiou, Eduard Kabasakalyan · 2026
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Thomas Theo Brehm and a very large group of experts issue, in a 2026 call to action, a plea to protect tuberculosis drugs from resistance. Their statement came out of the first conference on antimicrobial stewardship in tuberculosis, held in Chişinău, Moldova, in June 2026 with over 60 experts from across the European region. Tuberculosis remains the world's deadliest single-pathogen infection. Drug-resistant forms already fare far worse, and the hardest forms approach pre-antibiotic-era outcomes.
Shorter, all-oral treatment courses have transformed care for resistant disease in recent years. That progress is fragile: resistance to bedaquiline, a cornerstone drug of the new regimens, is already emerging. The signatories argue that every new drug's useful life depends on stewardship, the disciplined use that slows resistance. European programs, carrying a heavy share of resistant disease, are urged to lead and to fund the effort.
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| CREATOR | Thomas Theo Brehm, Askar Yedilbayev, Ihor Perehinets, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Dumitru Chesov, Christoph Lange, Onno W. Akkerman, Onno W. Akkerman, Anne M. Akkerman-Nijland, Aabid Ali, Muhammad Hasnain Ali, Alina Malic, Aysel Elman Aslanova, Filiz Duyar Ağca, Aylin Babalik, Yazeed Garba Bala, Ariful Basher, Adrian Belîi, Luisa Berckenhagen, Mathieu S. Bolhuis, Dragoş Băiceanu, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Ivica Čabraja, Lucy Catteau, Emil Ceban, Olga Cerneţchi, Elena Chițan, Nelly Ciobanu, Osman Sezer Cirit, Valeriu Crudu, Raquel Duarte, Fusun Oner Eyuboglu, Federico Fama, Margaret M. Fitzgibbon, Agnes Gebhard, Evelina I. Gherghelegiu, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Elmira Gurbanova, Sophia Hatzianastasiou, Eduard Kabasakalyan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |