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Redefining antibiotic dosing to reduce bacterial resistance (2017-2021)

Abstract

>3000 Australians die every year from severe infections (nearly 3-fold higher in number than our annual road toll). These treatment failures are due to sub-optimal antibiotic dosing from a poor understanding of why concentrations are different in these patients. I will use my laboratory to define what antibiotic concentrations we need to achieve and perform clinical studies with my collaborative network to demonstrate that we can redefine antibiotic dosing to reduce the emergence of superbugs.

Experts

Professor Jason Roberts

Affiliate of Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Centre Director of UQ Centre for Clinical Research
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Director, UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
NHMRC Leadership Fellow
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts