Article
Reasons for the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Jan 1996
Tenover F C, McGowan J E
Abstract excerpt
The ability of many different species of bacteria, including those that cause diseases in humans, to resist the inhibitory action of antimicrobial agents has become a global problem. Resistance continues to spread not only in nosocomial pathogens but in several key community-acquired organisms as...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Infections
- Cross Infection
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Mutation
- Penicillin Resistance
- Species Specificity