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Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Threat
Contains information and links to resources from the FDA.
www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/anti_resist.html
Report on Antibiotics
"antibiotic resistance threatens mankind with the prospect of a return to the pre-antibiotic era" Commissioned by the U.K. House of Lords. Published Marh 17, 1998.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199798/ldselect/ldsctech/08...
Tufts University School of Medicine - Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance
Investigates common biologic themes in the adaptation responses of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells to environmental signals and hazards, with a focus on resistance to drugs used to treat infections and cancers.
www.healthsci.tufts.edu/labs/Sblevy/home.html
CDC's Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings
Working to prevent antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings.
www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/healthcare
Antibiotic Resistance
Overuse antibiotics and bacteria can become resistant to them. Could use of household disinfectants cause the same problem?
www.whyfiles.org/038badbugs

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