Michael Pulia shares expertise on antimicrobial resistance, a growing threat to public health

Dr. Michael Pulia

U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week, Nov. 18-24, 2022, highlighted the need for careful stewardship of antibiotics.

Dr. Michael Pulia, assistant professor of emergency medicine and director of the federally funded emergency care for infectious diseases research program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, was at the forefront of media coverage of the increasing threat of bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics.

“Antibiotics are powerful tools to cure deadly diseases, but we have to manage their use carefully or they will no longer remain the life-saving treatments that we rely on,” he said.

Below are interviews and articles published surrounding U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week that include expert commentary from Dr. Pulia.

November 21: Antimicrobial resistance a growing threat to public health
Source: uwhealth.org
November 21: UW Health doctors warn of bacteria’s growing resistance to antibiotics
Source: Channel3000 (Madison, Wis.)
November 21: UW Health warns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria threat
Source: ABC 27 (Madison, Wis.)
November 21: UW Health doctors warn of bacteria’s growing resistance to antibiotics
Source: FOX 47 (Milwaukee, Wis.)
November 21: UW Health doctors warn of bacteria’s growing resistance to antibiotics
Source: News8000 (La Crosse, Wis.)
November 21: Health officials warn of antibiotic effectiveness
Source: ABC 9 (Wausau, Wis.)
November 21: Doctors fear antimicrobial resistance has begun after years of worry
Source: CBS 23 (Rockford, Ill.)
November 25: Antibiotic resistance causes one million deaths each year, worldwide
Source: News8000 (La Crosse, Wis.)
December 6: Concerns about “Superbugs” aren’t going away
Source: ABC 2 (Green Bay, Wis.)