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The Molecular Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance

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Microbial Resistance to Drugs

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 91))

Abstract

Endemic antibiotic resistance is a problem worldwide. Six task forces have recently been organized to address this global problem in a quantitative way. Condensed reports from these task forces were recently published in the Reviews of Infectious Diseases (Levy et al. 1987). It is clear that large amounts of a variety of antibiotics, but especially of tetracyclines, broad spectrum penicillins and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, are being used throughout the world (Col and O’Connor 1987). In many countries, this usage is uncontrolled, and widespread underdosing from use of over-the-counter combinations obtained without prescription is the rule.

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Shlaes, D.M., Currie-McCumber, C.A. (1989). The Molecular Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance. In: Bryan, L.E. (eds) Microbial Resistance to Drugs. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 91. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74095-4_16

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