New antibiotics, efflux pumps and overcoming resistance
McIntosh, E.; David, G.
Casopis Lekaru Ceskych 146(2) 102-106; Discussion: 107-108
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-7335 PMID: 17373102 Document Number: 610116
Antibiotic resistance is a contemporary problem affecting patients, doctors, microbiologists and the wider medical community. The patients include both those who are hospitalised and those treated in the community. The doctors include physicians and surgeons alike. The wider medical community is affected by outbreaks, bed closures, costs and a far-reaching impact on the efficient functioning of the healthcare system. Solutions to the problem of antibiotic resistance are often at odds with the practical need for doctors to treat patients with the very antibiotics which are fuelling the problem.