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Environmental sustainability and antimicrobials: an underestimated problem with far-reaching consequences

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JDW is supported by a Sr. Clinical Research Grant from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Ref. 1881020N); ACM is supported by a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MR/V006118/1).

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, C. Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Jan J. De Waele

  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Jan J. De Waele

  3. Department of Medical Microbiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Isabel Leroux-Roels

  4. Department of Infection Control, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Isabel Leroux-Roels

  5. Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Isabel Leroux-Roels

  6. Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Andrew Conway-Morris

  7. Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Andrew Conway-Morris

  8. John V Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    Andrew Conway-Morris

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De Waele, J.J., Leroux-Roels, I. & Conway-Morris, A. Environmental sustainability and antimicrobials: an underestimated problem with far-reaching consequences. Intensive Care Med 50, 453–456 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07319-5

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