title: Antimicrobial therapy: toward the future.
abstract: The relatively unsophisticated approaches at the beginnings of antimicrobial therapy development, although important at the time, have been replaced by ever more complex and ingenious methods as the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industries face up to the realities of the emerging problems of antimicrobial resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Birmingham NHS Trust.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pillay
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017277:Drug Approval; D015195:Drug Design; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents