Scoping the Sciences

Drug-Resistant Bacteria

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  For over fifty years, antibiotics have been used to treat bacterial infections.  Antibiotics are also used in animal husbandry and agriculture.  Although some bacteria are naturally resistant to drugs, the overuse or abuse of antibiotics has been blamed for causing bacterial resistance.  Many bacteria are now able to resist antibiotics; some strains of bacteria are resistant to every single antibiotic known, more than 100 different drugs.  These types of bacteria are called drug-resistant bacteria.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts /  Selected publications / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources /

Guides
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Mann, John. The elusive magic bullet:  the search for the perfect drug.

QV 11.1 M266 1999

Platt, Anne.  Infecting ourselves: how environmental and social disruptions trigger diseases.

WA 110 P427 1996

Amabile-Cuevas, Carlos F. Origin, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance genes.

QW 52 A422 1993

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
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Conte, John E.   Manual of antibiotics and infectious diseases, 8th ed.

QV 39 C65 1995

Mahy, B.W.J.  A dictionary of virology, 2nd ed.

REF QW 13 M139 1997

Jenson, Hal B.  Pocket guide to vaccination and prophylaxis.

QW 539 J467 1999

Grabenstein, John D.  Immunofacts:  vaccines & immunologic drugs.

REF QW 539 G712 1993-

Selected textbooks
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Krause, Richard M. (ed.).  Emerging infections.

WC 100 E437 1998

Yu, Victor L., et al (eds.).  Antimicrobial therapy and vaccines.

QV 250 A677 1998

Crossley,  Kent B. and Gordon L. Archer (eds.). The staphylococci in human disease.

QW 142.5 .C6 S726 1997

Ryan, Kenneth J. (ed.). Sherris medical microbiology: an introduction to infectious diseases, 3rd ed.

WC 100 S537 1994

Levine, Myron M., et al (eds.).  New generation vaccines, 2nd ed.

QW 805 N483 1997

More books

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Suggested subject headings:	Drug Resistance, Microbial
	Communicable Diseases
	Antibiotics
	Anti-Infective Agents
	Infection
	Bacteria
	Vaccines
	Vaccination
	Microbiology

Selected journals

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (e-journal)

Clinical infectious diseases (e-journal)
Drugs (e-journal)

Emerging infectious diseases (e-journal)

Infectious disease clinics of North America (e-journal)
Journal of infectious diseases (e-journal)

Microbes and infection

Pediatric infectious disease journal (e-journal)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (e-journal)

More journals

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Suggested subject headings:	Communicable Diseases  - Periodicals
	Antibiotics  - Periodicals
	Immunity - Periodicals
	Infection - Periodicals
	Epidemiology - Periodicals
	Bacteriology - Periodicals
	Microbiology - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

For article-level searching, log into the RML web site and select "Electronic Databases" from the drop-down box near the top of the page.  For this topic, you might try the following databases:

• Academic Search Elite
• Academic Search Premier
• Basic BIOSIS
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• Ebsco Health Source: Consumer Edition
• ERIC
• Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database
• Newspaper Source

Suggested search terms:	Antibiotic Resistance
	Genetically Modified
	Drug Resistant Bacteria
	Emerging Diseases
	Wonder Drugs
	Superbugs
	Miracle Drugs
	Bacterial Infections
	Pathogenic Bacteria

Selected publications            
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Scientific

 

Finlay BB. Bacterial disease in diverse hosts. Cell. 1999 Feb 5; 96(3):315-8.

Tenover FC, et al. The challenges of emerging infectious diseases; development and spread of mulitiply-resistant bacterial pathogens.  JAMA. 1996 Jan 24-31; 275(4):300-4.

 

Davies J. Inactivation of antibiotics and the dissemination of resistance genes.  Science. 1994 Apr 15; 264(5157):375-82.

Young DB, et al. TB vaccines: global solutions for global problems.   Science. 1999 May 28; 284(5419):1479-80.

 

Walsh C. Deconstructing vancomycin.  Science. 1999 Apr 16; 284(5413):442-3.

 

Popular

Weiner DB, et al. Genetic vaccines.  Scientific American. 1999 Jul; 281(1):50-7.

Laver WG, et al. Disarming flu viruses. Scientific American. 1999 Jan; 280(1):79-87.

Beardsley T. Innovative immunity. Scientific American. 1999 Feb; 280(2):42,44.

Caldwell M. The dream vaccine.  Discover.1997 Sep; 18(9):84-8.  

Radetsky P. Last days of the wonder drugs.  Discover. 1998 Nov; 19(11):76-85.  

Levy SB. The challenge of antibiotic resistance. Scientific American. 1998 Mar; 278(3):46-53.

More reference sources
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Harrison, Polly F. and Joshua Lederberg (eds.). Antimicrobial resistance: issues and options.

QV 250 A674 1998

Antibacterial therapy:  achievement, problems, and future perspectives.

WC 200 A574 1997

 

Antibiotic resistance: from molecular basics to therapeutic options.

QW 52 A574 1996

Principles of judicious use of antimicrobial agents:  a compendium for the health care professional.

QV 350 P746 1998

 

Specialized sources

Coombs, J. and Y. R. Alston (eds.).  The biotechnology directory, 1999 in association with nature biotechnology.

REF QT 22.1 B562 1999

Challenges in medicine: avoiding the post-antibiotic era.

AUDIOVISUALS   WB 100 N253  No.S104 1995

Department of Pediatrics. 601-984-5206

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Sandor Feldman, MD sfeldman@ped.umsmed.edu

Department of Medicine. 601-984-5561

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Donna Sullivan, PhD dsullivan@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

Dr. Brett Finlay's Laboratory

http://www.biotech.ubc.ca/faculty/finlay/homepage.htm

 

Information About Microbiology for the Public

http://www.bact.wisc.edu/GenInfo.html

Survey of Infectious Diseases

http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/microbio/2993c/diseases.html

 

American Academy of Pediatrics: Your Child and Antibiotics

http://www.aap.org/family/overuse.htm

The Vaccine Page:  Vaccine News and Database

http://www.vaccines.com

 

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Publications

http://www.cshl.org/books/catalog/immuno_cat.htm

 

Author:  Ardis Haaland
Copyright 1999 (Rev 2006 by LMYoung)
Reference Department,
Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson