Search for dissertations about: "Multi-resistance"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word Multi-resistance.
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1. Multi-Resistance Plasmids : Fitness Costs, Dynamics and Evolution
Abstract : Antibiotic resistance is an escalating problem, not only due to less desirable treatment options and outcome, but also due to the economic burden to health care caused by resistant pathogens. Since the process of developing new antibiotics is slow, we need to carefully consider the usage of the antibiotics still available. READ MORE
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2. Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae : Antibiotic consumption, Detection and Resistance Epidemiology
Abstract : ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae are emerging worldwide and they are frequently multi-drug resistant, thus limiting treatment options for infections caused by these pathogens.The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Swedish county. READ MORE
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3. Acute respiratory infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo - nasopharyngeal pathogens, antibiotic resistance and vaccination
Abstract : ABSTRACT Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13 was introduced in the in the South-Kivu region in 2013. READ MORE
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4. Penicillin-resistant pneumococci in Sweden : epidemiology and public health response
Abstract : Since 1996, all identified cases of pneumococci with a MIC for penicillin G > 0.5 mg/L (penicillin resistant pneumococci: PRP) have been registered according to the Swedish Communicable Disease Act. READ MORE