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Did You Know?
Failure to finish an antibiotic prescription contributes to antibiotic resistance.

LINKS: IN THE NEWS

Updated 11/10/09


NEW!  Reuters: Antibiotic Overuse Threatens Modern Medicine: Experts

BBC News: Antibiotic Resistance Clue Found: US scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics.

View The Tao of Antibiotic Resistance on YouTube!

Schwaber MJ, Carmeli Y.  Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat.  The Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2009

Harris G.  Bill seeks to end antibiotic use to spur animal growth. New York Times; July 13, 2009.

Keiger, D.  Farmacology:  Johns Hopkins researchers are investigating a troubling potential source of resistant pathogens:  the American farm.  Johns Hopkins Magazine June 2009.

Free antibiotics may have high cost later:  Stores offer promos, but experts caution about misuse and drug resistance. MSNBC.com

Free Antibiotics May Contribute to Drug Resistance, Officials Say. The New York Times.  March 5, 2009.

Send a CDC Health-e-Card: Personalize Healthy Antibiotics Use!

Innovative Mechanisms for Tackling Antibacterial ResistanceThe Royal Society Policy Document.  July 2008.

Askari E.  Michigan Doctors Fear New Germ could Spread Easily.  Detroit Free Press.  28 April 2008.

Schnirring L. CDC says Influenza B strain doesn’t match vaccine.  University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy.  8 February, 2008.

McKinley J. After Linking New Strain of Staph to Gay Men, University Scrambles to Clarify. The New York Times. 20, January, 2008.

McLeod J. Ugly and painful sores result of prolonged severe antibiotic abuse in Red China. Canada Free Press. 10 January, 2008.

Russell S. Falling behind: deadly infections increasingly able to beat antibiotics. San Francisco Chronicle. 20 January, 2008.

Health Guide: MRSA Infections.  The New York Times.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Investigation of international traveler with multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB). Health Alert Network 2007.

Moellering RC, Jr. A 39-year-old man with a skin infection. Journal of the American Medical Association 2008;299(1):79-87.

Hollenbeck T.  Staph infections becoming and increasing problem.  Scotts Valley Press Banner. 28 December, 2007.

Krasner R. Survival of the fittest: Will it be we or ‘superbug’?  The Free Lance-Star. 30 December 2007.

Don’t count on antibacterial products to protect against MRSA, other diseases. Newsinferno. 3 January 2008. 

Lites D. MRSA Light Treatment. WHDH-TV: 7 Healthcast. 3 January 2008.


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