Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options

by Polly F. Harrison and Joshua Lederberg

Book Overview

Antibiotic resistance is neither a surprising nor a new phenomenon. It is an increasingly worrisome situation, however, because resistance is growing and accelerating while the world's tools for combating it decrease in power and number. In addition, the cost of the problem--especially of multidrug resistance--in terms of money, mortality, and disability are also rising. This book summarizes a workshop on antimicrobial resistance held by the Forum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309060842
• ISBN13: 9780309060844
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"