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Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries /

Dettagli Bibliografici
Altri autori: Sosa, Aníbal de J. (Redattore)
Natura: Printed Book
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: New York : Springer, c2010.
Soggetti:
Sommario:
  • General issues in antimicrobial resistance
  • Global perspectives of antibiotic resistance
  • Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
  • Poverty and root causes of resistance in developing countries
  • What the future holds for resistance in developing countries
  • Introduction of antimicrobial agents in resource-constrained countries: impact on the emergence of resistance
  • Human impact of resistance
  • Human immunodeficiency virus: resistance to antiretroviral drugs in developing countries
  • Drug resistance in malaria in developing countries
  • Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Antifungal drug resistance in developing countries
  • Drug resistance in African trypanosomiasis
  • Antimicrobial resistance in enteric pathogens in developing countries
  • Bacterial-resistant infections in resource-limited countries
  • Prevalence of resistant enterococci in developing countries
  • Antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacteria from developing countries
  • Resistance in reservoirs and human commensals
  • Antimicrobial use and misuse
  • Determinants of antimicrobial use: poorly understood-poorly researched
  • Antimicrobial use and resistance in Africa
  • Antimicrobial drug resistance in Asia
  • Antimicrobial drug resistance in Latin American and the Caribbean
  • Hospital infections by antimicrobial-resistant organisms in developing countries
  • Cost, policy, and regulation of antimicrobials
  • Economic burden of antimicrobial resistance in the developing world
  • Strengthening health systems to improve access to antimicrobials and the containment of resistance
  • Role of unregulated sale and dispensing of antimicrobial agents on the development of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries
  • Counterfeit and substandard anti-infectives in developing countries
  • Strategies to contain antimicrobial resistance
  • Containment of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries and lessons learned
  • Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in developing countries: needs, constraints and realities
  • Vaccines: a cost-effective strategy to contain antimicrobial resistance
  • Teaching appropriate antibiotic use in developing countries
  • Containing global antibiotic resistance: ethical drug promotion in the developing world
  • News media reporting of antimicrobial resistance in Latin America and India.