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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Drlica, Karl.
Antibiotic resistance : understanding and responding to an emerging crisis / Karl Drlica,
David S. Perlin.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-138773-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-13-138773-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Drug resistance in microorganisms.
I. Perlin, David. II. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Drug Resistance, Microbial—immunology. 2. Immunity, Innate.
QW 45 D782a 2011]
QR177.D75 2011
616.9'041—dc22
2010014841
We thank our families for their support and dedicate this work to the patients and clinicians who are confronting the harsh reality of drug-resistant infections.