Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance

Antibiotic resistance has reached epidemic proportions in most hospitals and many communities around the world. While control methods have traditionally (and usually unsuccessfully) relied on preventing cross infection it is increasingly obvious that new solutions are needed. There is growing eviden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gould, Ian M. (Editor ), van der Meer, Jos W.M (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Immunology.
Microbiology.
Diseases.
Virology.
Pharmacology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Consequences of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Overgrowth, Resistance, and Virulence
  • The Process of Antibiotic Prescribing: Can It Be Changed?
  • Cultural and Socioeconomic Determinants of Antibiotic Use
  • Electronic Prescribing
  • Prevalence Surveys of Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals: Purpose, Practicalities, and Pitfalls
  • Antibiotic Use in Hospitals in the United States SCOPE-MMIT Antimicrobial Surveillance Network
  • New Hospital Initiatives in Fighting Resistance
  • Antimicrobial Resistance: Preventable or Inevitable?
  • Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance in the Mediterranean Region
  • Cystic Fibrosis-Coping with Resistance
  • Community-Acquired Pneumonia-Back to Basics
  • Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Diagnostic and Treatment Options
  • Optimizing Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in the ICU-A Review
  • Risk Assessment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • What Do We Do with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Surgery?
  • Control of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus.

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