title: The antibiotic challenge: changing clinical management of infections.
abstract: Resistance is one of many reasons why antibiotic therapy can be ineffective. Efforts to forestall further development of antimicrobial resistance include judicial prescribing of antibiotics, implementing infection-control measures, and developing institutional stewardship of antimicrobial agents. This article, the third and final in a series on antibiotic resistance, discusses selected common infections that have changing epidemiology and/or for which the recommended evaluation and treatment guidelines have been updated.
authors.affiliation: Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital, Physician Assistant Program, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: JoAnn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deasy
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents