Käthe Birgitte Meyer

Introduction Antibiotic resistance is now one of the greatest challenges for modern medicine and is described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a threat to global health (1). In Norway, the prevalence of resistant bacteria has traditionally been low compared with many other countries; however, infection outbreaks are an increasing threat in the Norwegian health service (2).

INTRODUCTION Kidney transplantation is considered the optimal treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the only treatment that does not involve lifelong dialysis (Von Der Lippe et al., 2014). The societal cost of dialysis is higher than the cost of kidney transplantation, including medical treatment and lifelong follow-up (Tonelli et al., 2011) and the symptom burden from dialysis can reduce patients' quality of life (Von Der Lippe et al., 2014).