Antimicrobial Rasistance In Developing Countries

Section I: General Issues in Antimicrobial Resistance. Global perspectives of the Resistance Problem.- Mechanisms of Resistance.- Poverty and Root Causes of Resistance in Developing Countries.- What the Future Holds for Resistance in Developing Countries.- The Introduction of Antimicrobial Agents in Poor-resource Countries: Impact on the Emergence of Resistance.- Section II: The Human Impact of Resistance. HIV Resistance in Developing Countries.- Drug Resistance in Malaria in Developing Countries.- Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis in Developing Countries.- Antifungal Drug Resistance in Developing Countries.- Antimicrobial Resistance in African Trypanosomiasis.- Resistance in Enteric Pathogens in Developing Countries.-Bacterial Resistant Infections in Resource-Limited Countries.- Prevalence of Resistant Enterococci in Developing Countries.- Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteria from Developing Countries.- Resistance in Reservoirs and Human Commensals.- Section III: Antimicrobial Use and Misuse. Determinants of Antimicrobial Use: Poorly Understood - Poorly Researched.- Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in African Countries.- Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Asian Countries.- Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries.- Hospital Infections by Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Developing Countries.- Section IV: Cost, Policy and Regulation of Antimicrobials. Economic Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance.- Health Systems Strengthening to Improve Access to Antimicrobials and the Containment of Resistance.- The Role of Unregulated Sale and Dispensing of Antimicrobial Agents on the Development of Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries.- Counterfeit and Substandard Anti-Infectives in Developing Countries.- Section V: Strategies to contain AMR. Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries & Lessons Learned.- Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance.- Vaccines: A Cost-effective Strategy to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance.- Teaching Antibiotic Prescription Practices in Medical Schools in Developing Countries.- Containing Global Antibiotic Resistance: Ethical Drug Promotion in the Developing World.- News Media Reporting of Antimicrobial Resistance in Latin America and India.