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The discovery of Salvarsan in 1910, the first synthetic antimicrobial agent, and Penicillin in 1928, the first naturally derived antibiotic, marked the beginning of modern antimicrobial research (1)
Antibiotics have advanced modern medicine by treating infectious diseases.
They support medical interventions like surgery, cancer chemotherapy, and organ transplantation (2, 3, 6). Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since their discovery in 1928 (4).
Misusing and overusing antibiotics is now a major public health problem. Antimicrobial resistance (AR) makes it harder to treat infections, especially in wealthy countries (5).
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(2) Holmes et al. 2016 Lancet 387: 17…