title: Pharmacology department. Antimicrobial resistance.
abstract: Patients with cardiovascular disease are often predisposed to multiple infections. The degree of resistance to antibiotics that has developed in the last decade makes a significant contribution to the severity of infections in this patient population. Mechanisms for development and spread of resistance between organisms are described and related to a clinical example.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Gylys
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans