Resistance Issues

Working to prevent antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings.

Examins how the overuse antibiotics and bacteria can become resistant to them.

US FDA provides information on disease-causing organisms that have become resistant to drug therapy are an increasing public health problem.

Information about a national campaign to reduce antimicrobial resistance through promotion of more appropriate antibiotic use. Includes CDC recommendations and activities.

Examines how the widespread use of antibiotics has contributed to the problem of antibiotic resistance, and provides information for consumers to protect their health.

Fact sheet from the World Health Organization.

A report on antibiotic resistance and its public health consequences, commissioned by the United Kingdom Parliament, Select Committee on Science and Technology.

Provides community education to prevent the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.

Every time a person takes antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed, but resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. Dr. Russell Robertson writes about repeated and improper uses of antibiotics as one cause of the increase in drug-resistant bacteria.

Provides peer reviewed reference information on the physical, pharmacological, in vitro and clinical properties of individual antimicrobial agents. Subscription information and tables of contents.

Information about antibiotics and their mode of action, research and surveillance on resistant microorganisms, and advice for patients and practitioners on measures to help limit the development and spread of antibiotic resistance.

Information, educational material and resources for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE), and Vancomycin-Resistant Stapylococcus aureus (VRSA).

Dedicated to reducing antibiotic overuse and the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause many upper respiratory illnesses.

Information about antimicrobial resistance surveillance programmes.

ROAR - Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics: A network, interactive database and information source organized around antibiotic resistance.

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