Getting food poisoning while travelling overseas gave an internationally renowned Canadian scientist some harrowing insights into antimicrobial resistance, the very topic that his decades of related research have now earned him a $100,000 Killam Prize.
Gerry Wright, an expert in antimicrobial resistance at McMaster University, is one of five Canadian scholars to each win the $100,000 Killam Prize for their outstanding contributions to various fields of research.
“The salmonella got into my bloodstream, which is not common,” Wright said. “The first antibiotic that I was given should have cleared up the infection in a couple of days, and it didn't.”“I do know what it's like to be lying in bed and thinking, 'This should not be happening' because I grew up with antibiotics, like everybody did. So, it's personal.”
“The human race won't be wiped out but we'll just go back to where infection is a leading cause of death after we gained over 20 years of life expectancy since of the beginning of the 20th century.
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