Are we facing a `post‐antibiotic era'? – a review of the literature regarding antimicrobial drug resistance

Philippa H. Trnobranski

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 1998, vol. 7, issue 5, 392-400

Abstract: • Since the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s, antibiotic resistance has become an increasing problem. • Today, multiple‐antibiotic resistance is commonly associated with a number of clinically important pathogens and is therefore an important issue in clinical nursing practice. • Epidemiological studies identify a number of important factors associated with increases in antimicrobial resistance. These include patterns of antimicrobial use, changes in medical and veterinary care and social practices affecting the transmission of microbes. • Bacterial mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and the genetics of resistance‐gene transfer are explored, with the intention of developing nurses' knowledge and understanding of control measures.

Date: 1998
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