(Drug Resistance, Antimicrobial Resistance) - Drug resistance
facts* - Drug resistance definitions - MRSA and VRE - What is
drug resistance? - History of antimicrobial drug resistance -
Causes of antimicrobial drug resistance - Diagnosis of
antimicrobial drug resistance - Treatment of antimicrobial drug
resistance - Prevention of antimicrobial drug resistance -
Antimicrobial resistance: A growing health issue - Drug-
resistant microbes of concern today - Methicillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
(VRE) - Microbes increasingly resistant to drugs Drug resistance
facts* *Drug resistance facts Medically Edited by: Charles P.
Davis, MD, PhD - Drug resistance means any drug classified as an
antimicrobial that has been compromised or has reduced or no
activity when used to treat certain microbes (viruses, bacteria,
fungi and parasites). - Antibiotics are medicines designed to
kill or stop or slow growth of bacteria (and some fungi) while
an antibacterial substance is designe