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Antibiotic policies : fighting resistance

Author: Ian M Gould; J W M van der Meer
Publisher: New York, NY : Springer, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines many of the crucial issues of resistance in a clinical context, with an emphasis on MRSA. This title explores the psychology of prescribing, modern management techniques as an adjunct to  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ian M Gould; J W M van der Meer
ISBN: 9780387708409 0387708405
OCLC Number: 190867206
Description: xiii, 285, [6] p. of plates : ill.
Contents: Consequences of antimicrobial chemotherapy: overgrowth, resistance and virulence.- The process of antibiotic prescribing, can it be changed?- Cultural and Socio-Economic 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? Problem of the Era from Two Perspectives.- 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.- Optimising Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in the ICU -- a review?.- Risk assessment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).- What Do We Do With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In Surgery?- Control of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Responsibility: edited by Ian M. Gould and Jos W.M. van der Meer.
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