Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0387893695 ISBN 13 : 9780387893693

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Avoiding infection has always been expensive. Some human populations escaped tropical infections by migrating into cold climates but then had to procure fuel, warm clothing, durable housing, and crops from a short growing season. Waterborne infections were averted by owning your own well or supporting a community reservoir. Everyone got vaccines in rich countries, while people in others got them later if at all. Antimicrobial agents seemed at first to be an exception. They did not need to be delivered through a cold chain and to everyone, as vaccines did. They had to be given only to infected patients and often then as relatively cheap injectables or pills off a shelf for only a few days to get astonishing cures. Antimicrobials not only were better than most other innovations but also reached more of the world's people sooner. The problem appeared later. After each new antimicrobial became widely used, genes expressing resistance to it began to emerge and spread through bacterial populations. Patients infected with bacteria expressing such resistance genes then failed treatment and remained infected or died. Growing resistance to antimicrobial agents began to take away more and more of the cures that the agents had brought.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Here is a compilation of data on the problem of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries, addressing general global perspectives, risk factors, current rates, trends, and possibilities for containment relating to specific conditions in those countries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0387893695
• ISBN 13: 9780387893693
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 577
• Éditeur: Sosa Aníbal De J., Byarugaba Denis K., Amábile-Cuevas Carlos F., Hsueh Po-Ren, Kariuki Samuel, Okeke Iruka N.
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