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Managing Antimicrobial Resistance
Publication Date August 2007
Publisher Informa Healthcare
Product Type Book
Pages 500
ISBN Number 978-0-8247-2941-7
Product Code IFH116
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Summary
Unlike any other book of its kind, this reference provides detailed coverage of strategies to inhibit the growth of existing resistant pathogens, prevent the emergence of novel resistant organisms or resistance mechanisms, and minimize the impact of drug resistant organisms in various healthcare settings. Surpassing other resources on the subject, this guide reviews the basic principles of antimicrobial resistance and epidemiology while highlighting the most recent issues in the field including antifungal resistance, anaerobic organisms, and resistance in longterm and community settings.
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Content
- Resistance Concerns for The Practicing Clinician General Considerations
- General Principles
- The Role of New Drug Development in Combating Resistant Organisms Why Is The Industry Moving Away from Anti-Infectives? What's in The Mic/ or Defining Resistance (Breakpoint Controversies) Measuring The Impact of Bacterial Resistance at The Hospital Level
- Surveillance of Resistant Organisms What's to Know? Understanding Studies of Resistant Organisms Focus on Methodologies
- Emerging Resistance in Pathogens and to Antimicrobial Classes
- Aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia, Burkholderia Cepacia, Acinetobacter Spp
- Beta-Lactamases and Gram- Negative Bacilli (Esbls, Amp C). Resistant Enterococci Treatment Challenges
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- Emerging Threats Visa, Vrsa, and Heteroresistance among Staphylococci
- Pneumococci
- Resistance among Clinically Important Anaerobes
- Emerging Resistance among Fungal Pathogens
- Resistance to Fluoroquinolones
- Resistance to Carbapenems
- Interventional Strategies to Manage Resistance
- Empirical Therapy Importance of Getting IT Right up Front with Focus on Impact of Resistance
- Optimal Dosing Strategies Pharmacodynamics as A Tool to Minimize Resistance
- Antimicrobial Management Programs
- Abbreviated Treatment Courses
- Use of Computer-Assisted Programs in Enhancing The Selection of Antimicrobial Agents
- Use of Guidelines in Optimizing Antimicrobial Use
- Unnecessary Use of Antianaerobic Agents Impact on Infection and Resistance
- Infection Control Strategies Current Controversies and Solutions
- Role of Communication, Multi-Institutional Strategies to Combat and Contain Resistance
- Antibiotic Cycling What's The Evidence? De-Escalation Strategies in The Intensive Care Unit
- Role of Vaccines in Minimizing Bacterial Resistance
- Antimicrobial Heterogeneity Role of The Hospital and Managed Care Formulary
- The Role of Combination Therapy Is There One? Strategies to Optimize The Outpatient Use of Antimicrobials and Reduce Resistance
- Use of Mathematical Modeling to Explore Strategies to Minimize The Spread of Resistant Organisms
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