Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries / Aníbal de J. Sosa [and others], editors ; foreword by Thomas F. O'Brien ; introductory preface by the editors ; guest preface by Stuart B. Levy.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Springer, 2010.
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xxiii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Pt. I. General Issues in Antimicrobial Resistance
    • 1. Global Perspectives of Antibiotic Resistance / Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas
    • 2. Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance / Denis K. Byarugaba
    • 3. Poverty and Root Causes of Resistance in Developing Countries / Iruka N. Okeke
    • 4. What the Future Holds for Resistance in Developing Countries / Michael L. Bennish and Wasif Ali Khan
    • 5. The Introduction of Antimicrobial Agents in Resource-Constrained Countries: Impact on the Emergence of Resistance / Carlos Franco-Paredes and Jose Ignacio Santos-Preciado
    • Pt. II. The Human Impactor Resistance
    • 6. Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Resistance to Antiretroviral Drugs in Developing Countries / Rebecca F. Baggaley, Maya L. Petersen, Marcelo A. Soares, Marie-Claude Boily and Francisco I. Bastos
    • 7. Drug Resistance in Malaria in Developing Countries / Quique Bassat and Pedro L. Alonso
    • 8. Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Moses Joloba and Freddie Bwanga
    • 9. Antifungal Drug Resistance in Developing Countries / David S. Perlin
    • 10. Drug Resistance in African Trypanosomiasis / Enock Matovu and Pascal Maser
    • 11. Antimicrobial Resistance in Enteric Pathogens in Developing Countries / Samuel Kariuki
    • 12. Bacterial-Resistant Infections in Resource-Limited Countries / Alessandro Bartoloni and Eduardo Gotuzzo
    • 13. Prevalence of Resistant Enterococci in Developing Countries / Lorena Abadia-Patifio
    • 14. Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria from Developing Countries / Soraya Sgambatti de Andrade, Ana Cristina Gales and Helio Silva Sader
    • 15. Resistance in Reservoirs and Human Commensals / Michael Feldgarden
    • Pt. III. Antimicrobial Use and Misuse
    • 16. Determinants of Antimicrobial Use: Poorly Understood - Poorly Researched / Hilbrand Haak and Aryanti Radyowijati
    • 17. Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke and Kayode K. Ojo
    • 18. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Asia / Yu-Tsung Huang and Po-Ren Hsueh
    • 19. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean / Manuel Guzman-Blanco and Raul E. Isturiz
    • 20. Hospital Infections by Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms in Developing Countries / Fatima Mir and Anita K. M. Zaidi
    • Pt. IV. Cost, Policy, and Regulation of Antimicrobials
    • 21. The Economic Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Developing World / S. D. Foster
    • 22. Strengthening Health Systems to Improve Access to Antimicrobials and the Containment of Resistance / Maria A. Miralles
    • 23. The Role of Unregulated Sale and Dispensing of Antimicrobial Agents on the Development of Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries / Eric S. Mitema
    • 24. Counterfeit and Substandard Anti-infectives in Developing Countries / Paul N. Newton, Facundo M. Fernandez, Michael D. Green, Joyce Primo-Carpenter and Nicholas J. White
    • Pt. V. Strategies to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance
    • 25. Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries and Lessons Learned / Anibal de J. Sosa
    • 26. Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries: Needs, Constraints and Realities / E. Vlieghe, A. M. Bal and I. M. Gould
    • 27. Vaccines: A Cost-Effective Strategy to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance / Richard A. Adegbola and Debasish Saha
    • 28. Teaching Appropriate Antibiotic Use in Developing Countries / Celia M. Alpuche Aranda and Luis Romano Mazzotti
    • 29. Containing Global Antibiotic Resistance: Ethical Drug Promotion in the Developing World / Catherine Olivier, Bryn Williams-Jones, Beatrice Doize and Vural Ozdemir
    • 30. News Media Reporting of Antimicrobial Resistance in Latin America and India / Marisabel Sanchez and Satya Sivaraman.
    ISBN
    • 9780387893693 (hbk.)
    • 0387893695 (hbk.)
    OCLC
    288985486
    RCP
    C - S
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