Mr. C was a wealthy 49-year-old Argentine businessman who was generally too busy to see
a physician when he felt ill, preferring to treat himself with antibiotics and other drugs he …

This article presents a brief overview of the impact that antibiotic use in clinical medicine and
in other settings, such as agriculture and animal farming, exerts on antimicrobial resistance …

HE emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a T problem with significant social, medical
and economic consequences. Scientists have long been cognizant of and concerned about …

Antibiotic drug therapy is the cornerstone of society's warfare against infectious disease.
However, resistance to these drugs is rapidly emerging as a major threat to public health …

One component of the solution is recognizing that bacteria are a natural, and needed, part of
life. Bacteria, which are microscopic, single-cell entities, abound on inanimate surfaces and …

Bartlett et al discuss the management of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and develop strategies
that hinder the development of additional strains of bacteria resistant to antimicrobial …

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) convened a task force to study the current
prevelance of antibiotic resistance and the problems associated with it. The task force …

CDC reported that, by the most conservative estimate, each year 23,000 Americans die of an
untreatable bacterial infection due to antibiotic resistance. In the EU, it is 25,000 deaths per …

Antibiotic is a secondary metabolite and responsible for destruction or prevention of
bacterial growth. The bacteria resistant to the available antibiotic (s), referred as antibiotic …

Antibiotic resistance is neither a surprising nor a new phenomenon. It is an increasingly
worrisome situation, however, because resistance is growing and accelerating while the …