The challenge of antibiotic resistance

Sci Am. 1998 Mar;278(3):46-53. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0398-46.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / drug effects
  • Agriculture
  • Animal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Animal Diseases / microbiology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacteria / growth & development
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial* / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects
  • Food Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Transformation, Bacterial
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • Xanthomonas / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin