Research article summary (published 22 May 2006):

Navigating the World Wide Web in search of resources on antimicrobial resistance.

Full Abstract

This overview gives information on navigating for English-language Web sites on antimicrobial resistance. Web sites were gathered on the basis of personal files, articles, and an exhaustive Web search of cross-links from other Web pages. The Web sites were categorized according to users' needs into 5 broad categories, as follows:
comprehensive Web sites, with information on all aspects of antimicrobial resistance-related issues; Web sites with patient information about antimicrobial resistance and about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, in particular; Web sites covering current multinational surveillance programs; Web sites on prevention of antimicrobial resistance in health care facilities; and Web sites on control of antimicrobial resistance in the community. We compiled a selection of Web sites that seemed to be useful as starting points for physicians, epidemiologists, researchers, or patients interested in this topic.

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Author information

Author/s: Harbarth, Stephan (S); Emonet, Stephane (S);

Affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. harbarth(-atsign-)post.harvard.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jul; vol 43 (issue 1) : pp 72-8

Dates: Created 2006/06/07; Completed 2006/08/22;

PMID: 16758421, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Drug Information Services Drug Resistance, Bacterial Humans

Information Dissemination Information Storage and Retrieval Internet

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