PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Schulz, Lucas T.
AU  - Kendall, Ronald E.
TI  - Antibiotics and bacterial mechanisms of resistance
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.118.000448
DP  - 2018 Jan 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - ascls.118.000448
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2018/06/04/ascls.118.000448.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2018/06/04/ascls.118.000448.full
AB  - Infections resistant to many or all antimicrobials are occurring globally, nationally, and locally. Resistance is mediated through common, and often communicable, mechanisms and has eliminated many antibiotics from the treatment armamentarium. New antimicrobial agents have been developed to address new resistance mechanisms. Effectively combating antimicrobial resistance requires that we recognize its complex and extensive impact, encourage and legislate for new antimicrobial development, and establish treatment strategies for infections caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens.