351. Trapping the Superbugs.
- Author
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Kuchment, Anna
- Subjects
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ANTIBIOTICS , *DRUG resistance , *BACTERIAL disease treatment , *CLINICAL drug trials , *PUBLIC health - Abstract
Examines efforts to increases the efficacy of antibiotics. Significance of antibiotics to the treatment of infection; Focus of pharmaceutical research on chronic conditions, after the discovery of effective antibiotics; Report that bacteria have developed resistance to established antibiotic treatment; Efforts to improve exiting medications to counteract the resistance of microbes; Potential alternatives to antibiotics, including drugs that increase the body's natural immune system; Efforts to extend antibiotic and other medical treatments to the developing world. INSET: Falling Behind.
- Published
- 2004