Because infectious microorganisms are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, a Wayne State University researcher has joined a nationwide effort to monitor that resistance while optimizing the use of existing drugs. Michael Rybak, professor of pharmacy and medicine and director of the Anti-Infective Research Laboratory in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, recently received $223,000 for six months from the Michigan Department of Community Health to create a mechanism to enable better stewardship of antimicrobials and reduce resistance to them. "We can't continue the way we are," he said. "We're going to get to the stage where there are patients with serious infections but no effective antibiotics to treat them. We are simply not keeping pace with the development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics."

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