书目名称 | Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st Century |
编辑 | I. W. Fong,Karl Drlica |
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丛书名称 | Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century |
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描述 | In 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 c |
出版日期 | Book 2003 |
关键词 | Malaria; Parasitic Infections; antibiotics; bacteria; infection; infection control; infections; infectious; |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/b100517 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4757-8726-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-0-306-48411-7Series ISSN 1573-4684 Series E-ISSN 2627-5872 |
issn_series | 1573-4684 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003 |