Josiah Nelson's annotated bibliography

(2010, July, 19). Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved (October, 20, 2010) from http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/campaigns.html.

This is a web resource that provides links to various antibiotic education campaigns. These include resources about when antibiotics work, antibiotics for farm use, and MRSA.

Blue, L., (2010, August, 16). The end of antibiotics?. Time Healthland. Retrieved (October, 20, 2010) from http://healthland.time.com/2010/08/16/the-end-of-antibiotics/.

This resource is a web article put out by Time magazine’s health section that discusses antibiotic resistance. Blue explains resistance and discusses antibiotic misuse with the potential for antibiotics to one day be rendered completely ineffective. The author also incorporates guidelines for proper use of antibiotics.

Boni, M.F., Feldman, M.W. (2005). Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance by Human and Bacterial Niche Construction. Evolution, Vol. 59, (No. 3), 477-491

Boni and Feldman investigate how host and pathogen conditions, particularly behavior, build niches that drive the evolution of antibiotic resistance.

Istúriz R.E., Carbon, C. (2000). Antibiotic Use in Developing Countries. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 21, (No. 6), 394-397.

In this article, Istúriz and Carbon discuss the conditions favoring antibiotic resistance in developing countries and encourage education, surveillance, and socioeconomic improvements.

Levy, S.B., (2001). Antibiotic Resistance: Consequences of Inaction. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 33, (Supplement 3), S124-S129

Levy discusses antibiotic resistance as an ecological issue and promotes improved use of antibiotics to counter resistance at local levels and ultimately globally.

Levy, S.B., (1983). Antibiotic Resistance. Infection Control, Vol. 4, (No. 4), 195-197.

In this editorial article, Levy discusses the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and notes international organizations working to fight antibiotic resistance.

Riccardi, F., Noce, A., Falco, S., Giudiceandrea, P., Palombi, L., PanàSource, A. (1997). Surveillance of Infections in Hospital: Agents and Antibiotic-Resistance. European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 13, (No. 2) 217-221.

Riccardi and colleagues investigate antibiotic resistance in hospitals through the use of surveillance systems. The authors argue these systems are necessary for limiting hospital acquired infections.

Walker, E.S., Levy, F. (2001). Genetic Trends in a Population Evolving Antibiotic Resistance. Evolution, Vol. 55, (No. 6), 1110-1122

Walker and Levy investigate resistance gene trends in Moraxella catarrhalis.

Walsh, B., (2005, July, 25). Too Much of a Good Thing. Time World. Retrieved (October, 20, 2010) from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086195,00.html.

This web article from Time magazine’s website discusses antibiotic resistance in China. Walsh explains the cultural traits that have made resistance via antibiotic misuse common in China and reports the steps that the Chinese government is taking to curb the problem.

Wang, Y.C., Lipsitch, M. (2006). Upgrading Antibiotic Use within a Class: Tradeoff between Resistance and Treatment Success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 103, (No. 25), 9655-9660

Wang and Lipsitch investigate the dilemma of the failure of an antibiotic to be effective versus the risk of creating higher levels of resistance by switching to alternative drugs.