This volume examines many of the crucial issues of resistance in a clinical context, with an emphasis on MRSA; surely the greatest challenge to our antibiotic and infection control policies that modern health care systems have ever seen. Other chapters explore the psychology of prescribing, modern management techniques as an adjunct to antibiotic policies, and the less obvious downsides of antibiotic use.
Tabella dei contenuti
Consequences of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Overgrowth, Resistance, and Virulence.- The Process of Antibiotic Prescribing: Can It Be Changed?.- Cultural and Socioeconomic Determinants of Antibiotic Use.- Electronic Prescribing.- Prevalence Surveys of Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals: Purpose, Practicalities, and Pitfalls.- Antibiotic Use in Hospitals in the United States SCOPE-MMIT Antimicrobial Surveillance Network.- New Hospital Initiatives in Fighting Resistance.- Antimicrobial Resistance: Preventable or Inevitable?.- Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance in the Mediterranean Region.- Cystic Fibrosis—Coping with Resistance.- Community-Acquired Pneumonia—Back to Basics.- Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Diagnostic and Treatment Options.- Optimizing Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in the ICU—A Review.- Risk Assessment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.- What Do We Do with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Surgery?.- Control of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 285 ● ISBN 9780387708416 ● Dimensione 14.6 MB ● Editore Ian M. Gould & Jos W.M. van der Meer ● Casa editrice Springer US ● Città NY ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2007 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2145550 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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