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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Current Landscape of Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Japan: Focusing on Common Infections Including Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection and Gonorrhea.

Daisuke Fukuda, Yutaka Handa, Yoko Kayama, Kenji Fujii, Shinya Kawamatsu, Yoshiaki Kawano, Ivo Vojtek, Danielle Powell, Aruni Mulgirigama, Yoshiaki Gu

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Reporting macrolide-resistantJournal of clinical microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Daisuke FukudaVaccine and Infectious Disease, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2306-0121
Yutaka HandaSpecialty Care, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7800-3258
Yoko KayamaVaccine and Infectious Disease, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.
Kenji FujiiVaccine and Infectious Disease, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.
Shinya KawamatsuValue Evidence and Outcomes, Specialty Care, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2207-0133
Yoshiaki KawanoValue Evidence and Outcomes, Specialty Care, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.
Ivo VojtekVaccine and Infectious Disease, GSK, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.
Danielle PowellAntibiotics, GSK, London WC1A 1DG, UK.
Aruni MulgirigamaAntibiotics, GSK, London WC1A 1DG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4777-7098
Yoshiaki GuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Center for Infectious Disease Education and Analysis (TCIDEA), Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2509-1052

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has reached a critical situation globally, prompting urgent national responses to this escalating crisis, including the prioritization of novel antibiotic research. In 2016, Japan initiated a national AMR action plan that promoted appropriate antibiotic use in the country and encouraged a national environment conducive to mitigation measures. However, tackling AMR remains difficult. From an epidemiological perspective, this challenge now extends beyond severe infections, impacting common community-acquired infections, including uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTls) and gonorrhea. In uUTIs, the rising prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and fluoroquinolone-resistant

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antibiotic developmentantibiotic researchantimicrobial resistance (AMR)Japannational action plan

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PMID40868007
PMCPMC12382829

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