Alexander Fleming made his momentous discovery (inhibition of bacteria around colonies of the mold depicted in the upper right ... Indiscriminate use of myriad subsequent antibiotics has led to the emergence of strains of bacteria able to resist the ... the antibiotic derived from the bacteria-inhibiting mold. By the end of World War II, American pharmaceutical companies were ... is one of the many inappropriate uses of antibiotics causing the emergence of these highly resistant strains of bacteria. ...

In the airways, bronchial wall thickening, mucus secretions, alveolar debris (cells, bacteria, inhaled particles, fluid) moved ...

Bacteria may be naturally resistant or may acquire resistance by means of DNA mutation or acquisition of resistance-conferring ...

Appendix 1 Medically important bacteria * Appendix 2 Medically important viruses * Appendix 3 Notification of infectious ...