ANTIMICROBIAL-RESISTANT PATHOGENS IN THE 1990s
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Medicine
- Vol. 47 (1), 169-179
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.med.47.1.169
Abstract
▪ Abstract Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Klebsiella pneumoniae have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents. This chapter reviews the epidemiology of this resistance, its detection in the laboratory, the mechanisms of resistance, and the options for therapy and infection control.Keywords
This publication has 46 references indexed in Scilit:
- Chloramphenicol for the Treatment of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal InfectionsClinical Infectious Diseases, 1995
- Ampicillin, Sulbactam, and Rifampin Combination Treatment of Experimental Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis in RabbitsThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995
- Predictive Factors for Invasive Disease Due to Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Population-Based StudyClinical Infectious Diseases, 1994
- Origin and evolution of DNA associated with resistance to methicillin in staphylococciTrends in Microbiology, 1994
- High dose ampicillin for the treatment of high-level aminoglycoside resistant enterococcal endocarditisJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1994
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A Briefing for Acute Care Hospitals and Nursing FacilitiesInfection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1994
- Genetics of resistance to third‐generation cephalosporins in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniaeMolecular Microbiology, 1992
- Co-transfer of vancomycin and other resistance genes from Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12201 to Staphylococcus aureusFEMS Microbiology Letters, 1992
- Failure of chloramphenicol therapy in penicillin-resistant pneumococcal meningitisThe Lancet, 1992
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusNew England Journal of Medicine, 1989