Problems and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance

Despite mankind's continuing efforts to find better and more powerful antimicrobial agents, bacteria continue to find ways to resist these agents. Recent examples include the emergence of plasmid-mediated resistance to third generation cephalosporins in E. coli, K. pneumoniae and Salmonella; the emergence of plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase in E. faecalis; the appearance of ciprofloxacin resistance among methicillin-resistant staphylococci; and,...