Bacterial Infections

Bacterial Infections (Chemotherapy)
Axel Dalhoff (Editor)

Book Details
* Paperback: 68 pages
* Publisher: S Karger Pub (April 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 380556841X

Book Description
Bacterial resistance is not only a serious threat to human health but also a significant economic threat. The number of patients in whom resistance develops, and the number of patients who die from diseases due to a resistant pathogen directly translate into increased costs of health care, longer stays in hospital, and the need for more expensive treatment. This text addresses select topics of antibiotic resistance in S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, enterococci, and M. tuberculosis. In particular, the epidemiology of rhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifesistance is described. The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance illustrates that these are global problems; however, the problems differ from country to country or even from city to city and local problems need local solutions.

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