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" Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st Century "
edited by I. W. Fong, Karl Drlica.
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BL
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785743
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b605758
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edited by I. W. Fong, Karl Drlica.
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Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st Century\ edited by I. W. Fong, Karl Drlica.
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Boston, MA Springer US, 2003
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Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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1(XVI, 367 p).
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0306484110
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: 9780306484117
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In the closing decade of the last century, we saw warnings that infectious diseases will require much more attention from patients and physicians in the 21 st century. Recently d- covered diseases such as AIDS pose a major threat to the population at large, and to that threat has been added the re-emergence of established pathogens, microbes that were re- ily treatable in the past. Since infectious diseases already play a major role in the burden of illness and mortality, health care providers and planners are worried. A large proportion of the problem is man-made, arising mainly from the unnecessary overuse of antimicrobials in hospital and community settings and from the agricultural misuse of the agents in animal feed. A consequence has been a dramatic increase in resi- ant strains of bacteria that were considered conquerable several decades ago. Community infections caused by multi-resistant pneumococci serve as an example. These organisms were readily treated with penicillin, but now the spread of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae from continent to continent is becoming a worldwide problem. This is a major concern because pneumococcal infections are common in the community, being the le- ing cause of pneumonia, sinusitis, and meningitis. Resistant bacteria in hospitals are also becoming more prevalent. We have become accustomed to hearing about methicill- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), but now we have to be concerned about multidrug-resistant coliform bacteria and pseudomonads.
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Immunology.
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Infectious Diseases.
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Medical Microbiology.
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QR177.E358 2003
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I W Fong
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Karl Drlica
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