Article
The beginning of the end of the antibiotic era? Part I. The problem: abuse of the "miracle drugs".
Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) - 1 Mar 1998
Harrison J W, Svec T A
Abstract excerpt
The antibiotic era began in the early 1940s with the clinical use of penicillin. Subsequent discovery, development, and clinical use of other antibiotics resulted in effective therapy against major bacterial pathogens. These drugs were so effective that bacterial infectious diseases were consider...
Topics
- Animal Feed
- Animal Husbandry
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteria
- Communicable Disease Control
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Drug Utilization
- Food Additives
- Health Services Misuse
- Humans
- Mutation