Antibiotic Resistance
Initiated 6/6/00 Last Updated 05/09/11
Note: This is a collection of links to on-line materials and sites related to antibiotic resistance. It is certainly not complete and, as you can tell by the explicit URL's, is not current.
Websites:
Antimicrobial Resistance Learning Site for Veterinary Students (Michigan State U)
APUA (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics - SB Levy, Tufts)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance (Scientific American article, SB Levy)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/Pubs/Articles/sciAmArt.pdfAntibiotic Resistance: An Ecological Imbalance (CIBA Symposium, SB Levy)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/Pubs/Articles/Ciba_article.htmlBelgian Biosafety Webserver
http://biosafety.ihe.be/HomePage.htmlAntibiotic Resistance Genes
http://biosafety.ihe.be/AR/ARmenu.htmlCDC
Antimicrobial Resistance (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/Links outside of CDC:
Antimicrobial Resistance: Data to Assess Public Health Threat From Resistant Bacteria are Limited (GAO, 1999)
The Agricultural Use of Antibiotics and its Implications for Human Health (GAO, 1999)
National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS): Enteric Bacteria
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/narms/1999 Antibiotics and breakpoints
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/narms/annual/1999/html/tables/table_2.htmFDA
CVM Antimicrobial Resistance page
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/fda/mappgs/antitoc.htmlFood Safety Network - Antibiotic Resistance
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/safefood/ab-res/ab-resist-index.htmIFT - Institute of Food Technologists
- Antimicrobial Resistance: Implications for the Food System
International Study Group on New Antimicrobial Strategies
http://www.isgnas.org/List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature (JP Euzeby)
http://www-sv.cict.fr/bacterio/index.htmlNARMS (ARS - veterinary data)
http://www.arru.saa.ars.usda.gov/narms.htmlResistance Web
http://resistanceweb.pharmacy-ce.org/cit/Index.aspROAR (Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance Network)
http://www.healthsci.tufts.edu/apua/roarhome.htmAnnotated Bibliography
http://www.healthsci.tufts.edu/apua/biblio.htmCommensal Bacteria- an Important Reservoir for Antibiotic Resistance Genes?
http://www.healthsci.tufts.edu/apua/positionpaper.htmDANMAP 97 Report - Consumption of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from food animals, food and humans in Denmark
http://www.healthsci.tufts.edu/apua/danmap.htmWashington State Department of Health
http://www.doh.wa.gov/topics/antibiotics.htmWHO Recommendations on Prudent Use of Antimicrobials in Food-producing Animals
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/zoo/edg/home
General Microbiology Sites:
Glossaries
A Glossary of Terms commonly used in molecular biology
http://www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/3ctrpgm/pmbb/mbt/GLOS.htmA Molecular Biology Glossary (RH Lyons, U Mich)
http://seqcore.brcf.med.umich.edu/doc/educ/dnapr/mbglossary/mbgloss.htmlCell& Molecular Biology Online: Dictionaries and Glossaries
http://www.cellbio.com/dictionaries.htmlGlossarist: Life Sciences
http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/science/life-sciences/Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (DM Glick)
http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/glick/search.htmBarron's On-line Microbiology, 4th ed (S Baron, U Texas Medical Branch)
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/toc.htmInformation about Bacteriology for the Public (On-line text, U Wisconsin)
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/GenInfo.htmlMicrobes.info (Microbiology Information Portal)
http://www.microbes.info/Microbiology Web Sites (RM Chute, North Harris College)
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/microbio.htmlTodar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology (K Todar, U Wisconsin)
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/
Papers:
Other:Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics - Southern Agricultural Economics Association
- Economic Effects of a Ban Against Antimicrobial Drugs Used in U.S. Beef Production (access)
- Economic Impacts of Banning Subtherapeutic Use of Antibiotics in Swine Production (access)
Antibacterial drugs (The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy)
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section13/chapter153/153a.htmAntibiotics are Easy! (1996 text, MD Nettleman, Med College of Virginia)
http://www.sgim.org/Publicweb/Meetings/am20/ws/antibiotics.htmlAntibiotics Info Kit (Animal Health Institute)
http://www.ahi.org/Features/Antibiotics and Animals Fast Facts.htmAntibiotic Usages in Food Animal Production and Resistance -- European Perspective (1999 USAHA)
http://www.usaha.org/speeches/speech99/s99mille.htmlAntimicrobial Chemotherapy (HC Neu, TD Gootz - Chap. 11 in: Medical Microbiology, 4th ed, S Baron, ed.)
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch011.htmBritish Medical Journal (BMJ)
Bacteraemia and antibiotic resistance of its pathogens reported in England and Wales between 1990 and 1998: trend analysis
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7229/213The rise in bacterial resistance (editorial to above)
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7229/199Infectious diseases: an ecological perspective
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/311/7021/1681The epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in hospital acquired infections: problems and possible solutions
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7159/652The origins and molecular basis of antibiotic resistance
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7159/657Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC journal)
Changes in Antimicrobial Resistance among Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates from Humans and Cattle in the Northwestern United States, 1982–1997
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no6/davis.htmVancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Outside the Health-Care Setting: Prevalence, Sources, and Public Health Implications (on-line Emerging Infectious Diseases journal)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no3/mcdonald.htmHuman Health and Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGPs): Reassessing the Risk (Heidelberg Appeal Netherlands)
http://www.fedesa.be/HAN/index.htmlScienceNewsOnline
Livestock's role in antibiotic resistance
http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/7_18_98/fob7.htmWaterways Carry Antibiotic Resistance (155:23, 6/5/99)
http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/6_5_99/fob1.htmScience Week
http://www.scienceweek.com/Implications of Antibiotic Resistance in Wild Rodents
http://scienceweek.com/search/reports1/neonyxu.htm
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
http://www.nbif.org/course/env-engr/Wastewater Treatment Module
http://www.nbif.org/course/env-engr/modulii/moduleiii.htmlWastewater Characteristics
http://www.nbif.org/course/env-engr/wstewtrchar/wstewtrchar.htmlBacterial die-off kinetics in waste stabilization ponds
http://www.cepis.org.pe/eswww/fulltext/repind57/bdk/bdk.htmlMunicipal Wastewater Sources and Characteristics (short)
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/epb/issues/wstewtr.htmlWide World of Activated Sludge (wastewater web links)
http://www.scitrav.com/wwater/waterlnk.htmWastewater treatment and use in agriculture - FAO irrigation and drainage paper 47
http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0551E/T0551E00.htmWastewater characteristics and effluent quality parameters
WWW WasteWater Engineering Virtual Library
http://www.cleanh2o.com/ww/