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Sat 24 Sep, 2011 07:41 pm
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2) a disturbing creep = a disturbing tendency?
3) public policy attention = public policymakers' attention?
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However, even in these more careful countries, resistance can still be an issue, often after the importation of 4 multiresistant bacterial strains or the overuse of 5 antibiotics in farmed animals.There are many alarming examples of increasing resistance in bacteria that commonly infect patients in the community and health-care settings. Among gram-positive bacteria, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 6 (MRSA) has attracted media and public policy attention. Some MRSA strains have shown a disturbing creep towards resistance to glycopeptides and some of the more recently introduced agents, such as daptomycin and 7 oxazolidinones. Community-acquired MRSA strains have spread globally, and are also now becoming increasingly common in healthcare settings. Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci are a concern in many countries, and new 8 mechanisms of resistance continue to develop.The resistance problem is even worse for gram-negative bacteria, both in community and hospital settings.
Health care settings means places which deliver health care services, such as doctor's offices, outpatient clinics and hospitals. Public policy attention means the formulation of policies to deal with the perceived problems. A disturbing creep means a slow development, in this case, the development of resistance to antibiotic agents, which disturbs those who study the organism and seek ways to deal with it.
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