Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fong, I. W. (Editor), Drlica, Karl. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century, Infections and the Cardiovascular System: New Perspectives ; 2
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.
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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-e...

Table of Contents:

• The Changing Spectrum of Bacterial Infections
• Severe Invasive Group a Streptococcal Infections
• Bartonella Infections Resurgence in the New Century
• Resistant Bacteria and Resurgence
• Antibiotic-ressistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for Management in the 21st Century
• MRSA in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges
• Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
• Multi-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Hospital Practice
• Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB)
• Controlling Antibiotic Resistance: Strategies Based on the Mutant Selection Window
• Resistant Parasitic Infections
• Drug-resistant Malaria.