Growing resistance with antibiotics

This Element is an excerpt from Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis (9780131387737) by Karl Drlica and David S. Perlin. Available in print and digital formats. The truth behind the headlines: What antibiotic resistance is, why it’s growing, and what this means t...

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Other Authors: Drlica, Karl Author (author), Perlin, David Contributor (contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] FT Press 2011
Edition:1st edition
Series:FT Press Delivers elements.
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Summary:This Element is an excerpt from Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis (9780131387737) by Karl Drlica and David S. Perlin. Available in print and digital formats. The truth behind the headlines: What antibiotic resistance is, why it’s growing, and what this means to human health. As a global community, we have not considered antibiotics as a resource to be actively protected. Consequently, we use antibiotics in ways that directly lead to resistance. Changing those ways requires an understanding of antibiotic principles. We begin with a brief description of MRSA to illustrate a bacterial-based health problem….
Item Description:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Physical Description:1 online resource ([21] p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [18]-[20]).
ISBN:9780132685696
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