Key publications > General literature on antibiotics and appropriate use
Instructive articles from the recent literature
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"Bad Bugs, No Drugs". From Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2004
(4M)A monograph describing the worldwide problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and the increasingly difficult task of finding new medications to counter it. -
FDA antibiotic resistance brochure 2008.pdf
(353K)Pamphlet from the FDA describing the problem of antibiotic resistance, for the general public -
Novel antibiotics and economics: from "Nature" 2006
(388K)Description of a newly discovered antibiotic whose potential may never be realized due in part to the economics of bringing new drugs to market..