Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options - Couverture souple

Institute Of Medicine; Forum On Emerging Infections

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0309060842 ISBN 13 : 9780309060844

Editeur : National Academies Press, 1998

Synopsis

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 world's tools for combating it decrease in power and number. In addition, the cost of the problem--especially of multidrug resistance--in terms of money, mortality, and disability are also rising. This book summarizes a workshop on antimicrobial resistance held by the Forum on Emerging Infections. The goal of the Forum on Emerging Infections is to provide an opportunity for representatives of academia, industry, government, and professional and interest groups to examine and discuss scientific and policy dilemmas of common interest that are specifically related to research on and the prevention, detection, and management of emerging infections. Organized as a topic-by-topic synthesis of presentations and exchanges during the workshop, the book highlights lessons learned, delineates a range of pivotal issues and the problems they raise, and proposes some simplified ideas about possible responses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Polly F. Harrison and Joshua Lederberg, Editors; Forum on Emerging Infections, Institute of Medicine

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309060842
• ISBN 13: 9780309060844
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Éditeur: Lederberg Joshua, Harrison Polly F.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible