resistance
resistance 1. (in microbiology) The degree to which pathogenic microorganisms remain unaffected by antibiotics and other drugs. Genes for antibiotic resistance are often carried on
plasmids or
transposons, which can spread across species barriers.
2. (in ecology)
a. The degree to which a
pest can withstand the effects of a pesticide. It depends on the selection and spread within a pest population of genes that confer the ability to destroy, or minimize the effects of, a pesticide.
b. See
environmental resistance.
3. (in immunology) The degree of
immunity to infection that an animal possesses.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Drug resistance in tuberculosis in India
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Medical Research; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...is the emergence of resistance to the two most potent drugs viz., isoniazid and...The level of initial drug resistance is an epidemiological...techniques, poor quality drug powders and lack ol...xiii) use of anti-TB drugs for indications other...and transmission of drug ...
|
|
Drug resistance study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Canads, February 1, 1993 to January 31, 1994
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...estimate the prevalence of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis...line antituberculosis drugs in Canada. Methods...prospectively. Proportion of drug-resistant isolates...Canadian national drug resistance surveys conducted in 1975 reported a drug resistance ...
|
|
HIV Drug Resistance Test More Descriptive Than Ever - Virco Launches New HIV Resistance Report.
PR Newswire; 8/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...Genotypic assays measure resistance indirectly. Phenotypic...that reflect how the drugs work in patients treated...high level of multi-drug resistance, an ever-increasing...measure of how each drug's therapeutic value...values for all of the drugs were derived from a...
|
|
Drug Resistance Threatens to Reverse Medical Progress.
Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly; 7/12/2000; 700+ words
; ...year as a result of drug-resistant microbes...infections are caused by drug-resistant microbes. Antimicrobial resistance is a naturally-occurring...neglect of antimicrobial drugs. The effect of antimicrobial...wealthy countries, resistance is emerging for the...reason - the overuse of ...
|
|
HIV Drug-Resistance Test Can Detect Resistance To Lopinavir.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly; 7/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...lopinavir to its HIV drug-resistance test, the VirtualPhenotype...to all 15 of the HIV drugs currently available...treatment failure. Drug resistance tests help physicians select effective drugs to use in combination...main approaches to HIV drug-resistance testing...
|
|
The Pharmacology of HIV Drug Resistance
Magazine article from: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...theemergence of drug resistance. A study by Richman2...ormore antiretroviral drugs.While exposure to antiretroviral drugs can contribute to the...resistance by HIV, even drug-nave patients may...material on HIV drug resistance is presented after students...related to ...
|
|
This Essential Report on Cancer Drug Resistance is Available Now.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 9/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...addition of the "Cancer Drug Resistance" report to their...pipeline cancer drugs and strategies to...to Combat Cancer Drug Resistance: including targeting...current and new drug combinations and novel drugs offering new ways...
|
|
Drug-resistance patterns in women discovered.
Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert; 1/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...oSerial studies of viral resistance, replicative capacity, and...to concordant patterns of resistance,o Burger continues. oDrug...development of genotypic, HIV-1 drug resistance in blood and in...world where antiretroviral drugs and resources are lacking...resistant virus after taking the ...
|
|
Antimicrobial drug resistance, regulation, and research (1).(PERSPECTIVE)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of new antimicrobial drugs are needed. We discuss...and minimization of resistance selection, We also...resistance and promote drug development. Pharmacokinetic...generic drug prescribing. Resistance limits the market life of antimicrobial drugs, while limited ...
|
|
|
ViroLogic Launches First Combination HIV Drug Resistance Test to Provide Phenotypic and Genotypic Information on a Single Report.
PR Newswire; 11/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...judgment, gives me the resistance information I need to...patients facing HIV drug resistance." HIV drug resistance is a rapidly...treated with antiviral drugs for HIV infection...technology to assess drug resistance and susceptibility in...help select appropriate ...
|
|
Drug Resistance
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...attach to, then modifying the drug so as to have it attach at...will succeed in overcoming the drug resistance. In the case of HIV, compiled...confer resistance to anti-HIV drugs are available to assist researchers...strategies used to overcome drug resistance depend upon ...
|
|
drug resistance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
drug resistance condition in...destructive effects of drugs such as antibiotics and sulfa drugs . Drug resistance has...transfer their resistance to other bacteria...resistance to multiple drugs, including even...Although drug companies are...
|
|
Multi-Drug Resistance
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
MULTI-DRUG RESISTANCE The proliferation of drug-resistant strains of many pathogenic...metabolic means of adaptation to drugs such as antibiotics that initially...resistant to all the first-generation drugs developed to combat it. The malaria...
|
|
|
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (DARE) Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is the most widely adopted drug education program in the United States...skills to resist pressures to use drugs. It originated as a collaborative...
|
|
Antibiotic Resistance
Book article from: Genetics
Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotic resistance...bacterium are multi-drug resistant (MDR...other bacteria acquire resistance by simply not allowing...ribosome to function. Resistance and Public Health The...hamburger meat that contains drug-resistant and difficult...
|
