Antibiotic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit: A Primer in Bacteriology From: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Iredell, J; Lipman, J | Copyright Australian Society of Anaesthetists Apr 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

SUMMARY

The clinical use of potent, well-tolerated, broad-spectrum antibiotics has been paralleled by the development of resistance in bacteria, and the prevalence of highly resistant bacteria in some intensive care units is despairingly commonplace. The intensive care community faces the realistic prospect of untreatable nosocomial infections and should be searching for new approaches to diagnose and manage resistant bacteria. In this review, we discuss some of the relevant underlying...