Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant 'superbugs.' The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats held a public workshop April 6-7 to discuss the nature and sources of drug-resistant pathogens, the implications for global health, and the strategies to lessen the current and future impact of these superbugs.
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Michael A. Stoto, Barbara Loe Fisher, Richard B. Johnston, Ann Bostrom, Geoffrey Evans
Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Alison Mack, Eileen R. Choffnes, P. Frederick Sparling, Margaret A. Hamburg, Stanley M. Lemon
Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Alison Mack, Rebekah Hutton, LeighAnne Olsen, David A. Relman, Eileen R. Choffnes
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Eileen R. Choffnes, Megan R. Snair, Alison Mack
Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Alison Mack, Eileen R. Choffnes, David A. Relman, Margaret A. Hamburg, P. Frederick Sparling, Stanley M. Lemon