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Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography: This bibliography was compiled by the researchers in this project. Most of the entries are from professional scientific journals, but a few reference material on the web. There are over 100 entries.
Selected Web Sites and Videos: Among the thousands of websites dealing with antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, we found those linked below to be most useful for our project, because of relevance to our foucs, wealth of information, or ease of use.
Websites
Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education (AWARE)
- The Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education (AWARE) is a statewide coalition that promotes the appropriate use of antibiotics.
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “Antibiotic Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture” on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and its impact on human health.
Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance: Understanding Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance
Published by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, this website provides a quick and easy introcution to the problem of antibiotic resistance.
This website is aimed primarily at medical practitioners, but it focuses on the fight against antibiotic resistance and the spread of dangerous bacteria.
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The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming is working to save antibiotics by phasing out the overuse of the drugs in food animal production. This website has a wealth of information on antibiotic resistance, especially as related to Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
Eggs recalled after salmonella found at Ohio farm
- Evidence of salmonella has been found at an Ohio egg farm that's received financing from the owner of an Iowa egg farm that was behind a massive recall earlier this year.
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This is the timeline of antimicrobial (anti-infective) therapy. The years show when given was released onto the pharmaceutical market.
Videos
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves.
CBS Evening News: Newer, Deadlier Version of E. coli Spreads - Katie Couric Reports on a Hard-to-Treat New Generation of Superbug InfectionsMutated E-Coli Turned Deadly Superbug A new and deadlier version of E-Coli with a supergene that makes it extremely hard to treat is spreading around the world. Not many cases have been diagnosed, but as Katie Couric reports, public health officials are worried about its potential.
CBS News: Deadly 'Superbugs' Plaguing Hospitals Superbugs are a type of bacteria that are able to survive exposure to antibiotics, and as Katie Couric reports, new classes of the deadly Superbugs are becoming a growing threat around the country that has doctors and hospitals on edge.
A discussion of how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. This video is part of a discussion about whether or not antibiotic resistance is evidence for transgenic evolution. It argues that these bacteria developing resistance does not support evolution. Whether you agree with their argument or not, what they have to say about the process of developing resistance is informative.
New Strains of Old Diseases Prove Antibiotic Proof. Doctors and scientists around the world say they are seeing a disturbing new trend, not only are old diseases making a comeback but the antibiotics that used to work now do little against them.