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Antibiotics Report, Part I: A Scientific Overview of Antibiotics and Resistance
September 04, 2014
This report, the first in our series on antibiotics, provides an overview of the science underlying the antibiotic market. We provide an
overview of the key indications, pathogens, most widely used drugs and the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Parts 2 and 3 of
this
series will build on this foundation with an in-depth analysis of the antibiotic pipeline. The present report focuses on providing a basic
overview of the following:
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For our disclosures, please read the BioMedTracker Research Standards. This report was written in collaboration with Tucker BioPharma Consultinng.
- Key pathogens: Gram-(+), Gram-(–), and atypical pathogens, and how they differ.
- Classes of common antibiotics: their uses, their limitations, and historical trends.
- Epidemiology of community- and healthcare-acquired infections, including incidence estimates and a breakdown of organisms involved in these infections.
- Trends in antibiotic resistance, with a description of several pathogens that are highly resistant to known classes of antibiotics.
For the full report, please download the PDF version at the top of this page.
For our disclosures, please read the BioMedTracker Research Standards. This report was written in collaboration with Tucker BioPharma Consultinng.
Disease Group Covered: | Infectious Disease |
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