Emergent antibiotic resistance: Health risks and economic impact

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-274

  Cassell, Gail H ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Emerging microbes; Multidrug resistant pathogen; Socioeconomic factors in antibiotic resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030921538     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00057-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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