Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance (Hardcover)

Consequences of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Overgrowth, Resistance, and Virulence.- The Process of Antibiotic Prescribing: Can It Be Changed?.- Cultural and Socioeconomic Determinants of Antibiotic Use.- Electronic Prescribing.- Prevalence Surveys of Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals: Purpose, Practicalities, and Pitfalls.- Antibiotic Use in Hospitals in the United States SCOPE-MMIT Antimicrobial Surveillance Network.- New Hospital Initiatives in Fighting Resistance.- Antimicrobial Resistance: Preventable or Inevitable?.- Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance in the Mediterranean Region.- Cystic Fibrosis-Coping with Resistance.- Community-Acquired Pneumonia-Back to Basics.- Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Diagnostic and Treatment Options.- Optimizing Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in the ICU-A Review.- Risk Assessment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.- What Do We Do with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Surgery?.- Control of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus.