Antimicrobial Resistance - A Global Threat
Yashwant Kumar
Antimicrobial Resistance - A Global Threat - IntechOpen 2019 - 1 electronic resource (142 p.)
Open Access
The discovery of antibiotics was considered a milestone in health sciences and became the mainstay of antimicrobial therapy to treat and control bacterial infections. However, its utility has subsequently become limited, due to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance among different bacterial species, which has emerged as a global threat. The development and spread of antimicrobial resistance have been attributed to many factors, including indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the healthcare and livestock industries. The present scenario of antibiotic resistance urgently requires interventions in terms of development of newer antimicrobials, evaluation of alternative therapies, and formulation of stringent policies to curb indiscriminate use of antimicrobials. This book highlights the importance and development of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic, environmental and food bacteria, including the significance of candidate alternative therapies.
All rights reserved
English
intechopen.73725 9781789857832 9781789857849 9781838806361
10.5772/intechopen.73725 doi
Life Sciences Immunology and Microbiology Applied Microbiology Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Antimicrobial Resistance - A Global Threat - IntechOpen 2019 - 1 electronic resource (142 p.)
Open Access
The discovery of antibiotics was considered a milestone in health sciences and became the mainstay of antimicrobial therapy to treat and control bacterial infections. However, its utility has subsequently become limited, due to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance among different bacterial species, which has emerged as a global threat. The development and spread of antimicrobial resistance have been attributed to many factors, including indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the healthcare and livestock industries. The present scenario of antibiotic resistance urgently requires interventions in terms of development of newer antimicrobials, evaluation of alternative therapies, and formulation of stringent policies to curb indiscriminate use of antimicrobials. This book highlights the importance and development of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic, environmental and food bacteria, including the significance of candidate alternative therapies.
All rights reserved
English
intechopen.73725 9781789857832 9781789857849 9781838806361
10.5772/intechopen.73725 doi
Life Sciences Immunology and Microbiology Applied Microbiology Pharmaceutical Microbiology