A Living Century of Antibiotics

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Educational tool — not medical advice. Surveillance percentages describe tested isolates in a reported population and context. They cannot tell any individual whether an antibiotic will work for them. Treatment decisions require clinical judgment and laboratory testing.

Created by Marc Watkins · Interaction concept adapted, with an original implementation, from “A Century of Antibiotics” by Soumya.

AI disclosure: This site was built collaboratively with Claude (Anthropic). Historical narratives were drafted by AI from cited primary and secondary sources; surveillance values come directly from the WHO Global Health Observatory, CDC BEAM, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, and openFDA — never generated. Every displayed value can be traced via its evidence inspector.