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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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FT Press
2011
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Edición: | 1st edition |
Colección: | FT Press Delivers elements.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628771806719 |
Sumario: | 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…. |
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Notas: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([21] p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [18]-[20]). |
ISBN: | 9780132685696 9781282965409 9786612965401 |