For those of us living in the UK we woke up this morning to antibiotic resistance being one of the lead stories on the news.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron announced, according to the BBC’s Fergus Walsh ” The world could soon be “cast back into the dark ages of medicine” unless action is taken to tackle the growing threat of resistance to antibiotics”. Not just that he announced “a review into why so few anti-microbial drugs have been introduced in recent years”.

For a more detail look at the subject there is a previous blog on anti-microbial drugs which may be of interest here.

Now scare stories about antibiotic resistance have been around for over twenty years now so I for one and getting a little bit sceptical. That being said I’m only a commentator not a physician so I’m really interested in the views of others. What do you think? Are we really facing a crisis?

To help kick start a discussion I have set up a short poll. It would be great if you could take part by voting below.

Also please use the comments section below to add any thoughts and experiences you might have on the subject of Antibiotic resistance.

Many thanks in advance.