LEADER 04262nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910455741003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-306-48411-0 024 7 $a10.1007/b100517 035 $a(CKB)111087026981406 035 $a(EBL)3035907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234438 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924717 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234438 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10242513 035 $a(PQKB)11028389 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-306-48411-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3035907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC197779 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3035907 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10067291 035 $a(OCoLC)54910235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL197779 035 $a(OCoLC)614653884 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026981406 100 $a20021030d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReemergence of established pathogens in the 21st century$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by I.W. Fong and Karl Drlica 205 $a1st ed. 2003. 210 $aNew York $cKluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 225 1 $aEmerging infectious diseases of the 21st century 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-306-47500-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Changing Spectrum of Bacterial Infections -- Severe Invasive Group a Streptococcal Infections -- Bartonella Infections Resurgence in the New Century -- Resistant Bacteria and Resurgence -- Antibiotic-ressistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for Management in the 21st Century -- MRSA in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges -- Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci -- Multi-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Hospital Practice -- Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) -- Controlling Antibiotic Resistance: Strategies Based on the Mutant Selection Window -- Resistant Parasitic Infections -- Drug-resistant Malaria. 330 $aIn the closing decade of the last century, we saw warnings that infectious diseases will require much more attention from patients and physicians in the 21 st century. Recently d- covered diseases such as AIDS pose a major threat to the population at large, and to that threat has been added the re-emergence of established pathogens, microbes that were re- ily treatable in the past. Since infectious diseases already play a major role in the burden of illness and mortality, health care providers and planners are worried. A large proportion of the problem is man-made, arising mainly from the unnecessary overuse of antimicrobials in hospital and community settings and from the agricultural misuse of the agents in animal feed. A consequence has been a dramatic increase in resi- ant strains of bacteria that were considered conquerable several decades ago. Community infections caused by multi-resistant pneumococci serve as an example. These organisms were readily treated with penicillin, but now the spread of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae from continent to continent is becoming a worldwide problem. This is a major concern because pneumococcal infections are common in the community, being the le- ing cause of pneumonia, sinusitis, and meningitis. Resistant bacteria in hospitals are also becoming more prevalent. We have become accustomed to hearing about methicill- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), but now we have to be concerned about multidrug-resistant coliform bacteria and pseudomonads. 410 0$aEmerging infectious diseases of the 21st century. 606 $aDrug resistance in microorganisms 606 $aCommunicable diseases$xEpidemiology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDrug resistance in microorganisms. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xEpidemiology. 676 $a616.9 701 $aFong$b I. W$g(Ignatius W.)$0852711 701 $aDrlica$b Karl$095988 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455741003321 996 $aReemergence of established pathogens in the 21st century$91904237 997 $aUNINA