Bugs and drugs: antibiotic resistance in the 1990s.
1. Bacteria have been versatile in circumventing the mechanisms by which antibiotics work; in the 1990s there has been a world-wide resurgence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases. 2. Resistance to certain antibiotics develops in bacteria through three basic processes: mutation, transduction, and conjugation. 3. Infection-control programs, if combined with intensive infection-control measures and control of antibiotic use, may be effective at reducing the transmission of resistant pathogens.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents