Emerging problems of antibiotic resistance in community medicine
Parasakthi, N.
Malaysian Journal of Pathology 18(1): 9-13
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0126-8635 PMID: 10879217 Document Number: 460594
Emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria associated with community acquired infections has made the choice of empirical therapy more difficult and more expensive. The problems due to possible spread of MRSA to the community, emergence of penicillin resistance in S. pneumoniae, ampicillin resistance in H. influenzae, and multiresistance among common enteric pathogens are highlighted. Bacteria have a remarkable ability to develop resistance to many of the newly synthesized antimicrobial agents but the appropriate use of antibiotics will delay and in many cases prevent the emergence of resistance.