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• Antibiotic Resistance - Examins how the overuse antibiotics and bacteria can become resistant to them.
• Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Threat - US FDA provides information on disease-causing organisms that have become resistant to drug therapy are an increasing public health problem.
• Antibiotic Resistance in Virginia: Save Antibiotic Strength Collaboration - Antibiotic resistance resources for physicians and patients. Includes links to clinical practice guidelines.
• Antibiotics: An Untold Story - Examines how the widespread use of antibiotics has contributed to the problem of antibiotic resistance, and provides information for consumers to protect their health.
• Antimicrobial Resistance - Fact sheet from the World Health Organization.
• Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics - A bacteriology lecture given at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
• CDC Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases: Antibiotic Resistance - Information about a national campaign to reduce antimicrobial resistance through promotion of more appropriate antibiotic use. Includes CDC recommendations and activities.
• CDC's Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings Home Page - Working to prevent antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings.
• Environmental Media Services: Antibiotic Resistance - Examines antibiotics and their use in medicine, food, and agriculture; and environmental and public health concerns raised by antibiotic use.
• International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents - Provides peer reviewed reference information on the physical, pharmacological, in vitro and clinical properties of individual antimicrobial agents. Site includes subscription information and tables of contents.
• Resistance to Antibiotics and Other Microbial Agents - Comprehensive report on antibiotic resistance and its public health consequences, commissioned by the United Kingdom Parliament, Select Committee on Science and Technology.
• Tufts University Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance (CAGDR) - Investigates common biologic themes in the adaptation responses of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells to environmental signals and hazards.
• Types of Antibiotics and Related Resistance Genes - Examines antibiotic resistance mechanisms.
• Utah Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education - Provides community education to prevent the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.
• Wisconsin Antibiotic Resistance Network - Dedicated to reducing antibiotic overuse and the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause many upper respiratory illnesses.

• Jump in Drug-Resistant Germs Forecast - Article on the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs. [MSNBC] (March 10, 2003)

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