Antimicrobial Resistance in the Americas: Magnitude and Containment of the Problem

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Pan American Health Org, 2001 - Medical - 269 pages
This book makes a valuable contribution to the surveillance of resistance to antibiotics. The text offers noteworthy articles grouped under two major categories: monitoring bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs and factors determining the use of antimicrobials. The goal of this work is to increase awareness of the problem to promote surveillance activities and to find the best ways to apply preventive measures so that antibiotics are used judiciously with both humans and animals.

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Section 1
3
Section 2
8
Section 3
12
Section 4
24
Section 5
27
Section 6
74
Section 7
96
Section 8
116
Section 14
168
Section 15
187
Section 16
191
Section 17
197
Section 18
211
Section 19
228
Section 20
234
Section 21
241

Section 9
124
Section 10
135
Section 11
141
Section 12
149
Section 13
163
Section 22
246
Section 23
258
Section 24
261
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Page 257 - Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and Infectious Diseases Society of America Joint Committee on the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance: guidelines for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals.

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