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Books
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by internationally acclaimed experts in the field of antibiotic
resistance, Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance
addresses many of the key issues burdening our societies
and hospitals during this era of antibiotic resistance and
growing shortage of new antibiotics. The book provides practical
advice and control strategies for the critical problems
related to current antibiotic resistance epidemics and for
any future problems associated with antibiotic resistance.
Antibiotic Polices: Fighting Resistance is highly recommended
for health professionals with an interest in this field.
Antibiotic
Policies: Fighting Resistance
Edited by
Ian M. Gould
Jos W.M. Van Der Meer
Foreword by John McGowan
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Resistencia antimicrobiana en las Américas: Magnitud del problema y su contención
Publicación de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, 2000. contenido del libro ...
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Antimicrobial Resistance in the Americas: Magnitude and Containment of the Problem
Publication of the Pan American Health Organization, 2000. description ...
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Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic
This common sense approach to the continuing dilemmas of antibiotic use and microbial resistance has now been in publication for 25 years.
2003 updated therapeutic guidelines on antibiotics order here ...
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Frontiers
in Antimicrobial Resistance: a Tribute to Stuart B. Levy
David G. White, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Michael
N. Alekshun, Paratek Pharmaceuticals; Patrick F. McDermott,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2005.
description...
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the ASM book review here
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Uso
y Abuso de los Antibióticos: ¿Dónde estamos y adónde queremos
llegar?
Gabriel
Levy Hara, MD; Aníbal Sosa, MD; Arena, 2006
contenido del libro
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Antimicrobial Reistance in Bacteria
Editor: Carlos Amábile-Cuevas; Horizon Bioscience, 2006
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Articles and Reports
Perspectives
in Health Magazine, PAHO, Antibiotics:
Are We Killing the Cures? (English), Antibióticos:
¿Estamas acabando con los remedios? (Español),
by A. Spatuzza, 7(1), 2002.
WHO
Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance,
WHO, 2001. Available in English, Spanish or Russian. The Executive
Summary is also available in French.
Emerging
Infectious Diseases
article on the issues raised by using antibacterial products in
healthy households. SB Levy, 2001.
FDA
Consumer
reports that antibiotic resistance is becoming a public-health
nightmare, 2002.
Scientific
American
article on antibiotic resistance: The challenge of Antibiotic
Resistance, SB Levy, 1998.
Ciba
Foundation Symposium:
Antibiotic Resistance: An Ecological Imbalance, SB Levy, 1997.
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APUA
Publications and Reports
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American Academy of Microbiology releases report on antibiotic resistance
Patient Behaviors and Beliefs Regarding Antibiotic Use: Implications for Clinical Practice - Poster 1
Patient Behaviors and Beliefs Regarding Antibiotic Use: Implications for Clinical Practice - Poster 2
AMROAR
Scientific Meeting Report
APUA
Newsletter
APUA
World Congress: Final
2007 program; View
2006 Program
A Report of the Facts
about Antibiotics in Animals and the Impact on Resistance (FAAIR)
Project
(UChicago Journals, Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases,
Vol. 41, Number 4, 15 August 2005, p. i-e44, etc.)
FULL REPORT-
The Need to Improve Antimicrobial Use in Agriculture
Ecological and Human Health Consequences
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cid/34/s3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- Global Antimicrobial Resistance Alerts
and Implications
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/430780
INTRODUCTION
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/432443
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- Select Findings, Conclusions, and
Policy Recommendations
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/430781
Stelling,
JM, Travers K, Jones RN, Turner PJ, O'Brien TF, Levy SB.
Integrating Escherichia coli antimicrobial susceptibility
data from multiple surveillance programs. Emerging
Infectious Diseases 2005; 11:873-82.
Alliance
for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. Shadow Epidemic: the
growing menace of drug resistance. Executive summary of
the 2005 GAARD report. Boston: APUA, 2005.
Levy
SB, Marshall B. Antibacterial resistance worldwide: causes,
challenges, and responses. Nat Med 2004:
10(Suppl 12):S122-9.
"Facing
the Next Pandemic of Pan-resistant Gram-negative Bacilli."
Report from APUA Education Symposium, September 30,
2004.
The
Need to Improve Antimicrobial Use in Agriculture: Ecological
and Human Health Consequences, A Report of the Facts about
Antibiotics in Animals and the Impact on Resistance (FAAIR)
Project, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 1 June 2002, Volume
34, Supplement 3.
Alliance
for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance:
synthesis of recommendations by expert policy groups.
Geneva: World Health Organization, 2001.
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Key
References
October 23,
2007
Bad
Bugs, Few Drugs
August 24,
2007
Fighting
Superbugs- Congressional Quartely
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