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CDC's Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings Home Page
Working to prevent antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings.

Antibiotic Resistance
Examins how the overuse antibiotics and bacteria can become resistant to them.

Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Threat
US FDA provides information on disease-causing organisms that have become resistant to drug therapy are an increasing public health problem.

CDC Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases: Antibiotic Resistance
Information about a national campaign to reduce antimicrobial resistance through promotion of more appropriate antibiotic use. Includes CDC recommendations and activities.

Antibiotics: An Untold Story
Examines how the widespread use of antibiotics has contributed to the problem of antibiotic resistance, and provides information for consumers to protect their health.

Antimicrobial Resistance
Fact sheet from the World Health Organization.

Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics
A bacteriology lecture given at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Environmental Media Services: Antibiotic Resistance
Examines antibiotics and their use in medicine, food, and agriculture; and environmental and public health concerns raised by antibiotic use.

Resistance to Antibiotics and Other Microbial Agents
Comprehensive report on antibiotic resistance and its public health consequences, commissioned by the United Kingdom Parliament, Select Committee on Science and Technology.

Jump in Drug-Resistant Germs Forecast
Article on the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs. [MSNBC]






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