Enzyme-mediated resistance to antibiotics
Subtitle: mechanisms, dissemination, and prospects for inhibition
By: editors, Robert A. Bonomo, Marcelo Tolmasky.
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781555813031
Description: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs," present an increasingly deadly threat to human health. The World Health Organization estimates that resistant bacteria now account for about 60% of nosocomial infections; the CDC estimates that of the ca. 60,000 deaths each year due to nosocomial infection, some 14,000 are the result of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. With chapters from the world's leading researchers and scholars in this field, this book provides a vital and timely overview of this critical subject.