Una revisión crítica de la era de los antibióticos: Aspectos históricos y epidemiológicos de la antibioterapia

• Autores: Xavier Uriarte
• Localización: Natura Medicatrix: Revista médica para el estudio y difusión de las medicinas alternativas, ISSN 0212-9078, Nº. 58 (Mayo), 2000, págs. 12-16
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The antibiotic's era, a critical review
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  • Ehrlich and Hata begun the antibiotic's era with the discovery of Neosalvarsan; Dogmack discovered sulphamides, and few later, Fleming discovered penicilline. After this, many antibiotics are released to market, and in today's prescription, nearly 30% o f all total pharmacy sales are antibiotics; but also 30% of hospital urgency cares are due to adverse reactions to medication, being this the 4th mortality cause in the world. Today's use of antibiotics are not constricted to human beings, because veterinary use is widespread, not only to battle infection, but also as a weight enhancer for cattle. The indiscrimante use of antibiotics has boosted resistences, allergies and new bacteria! strains, being inactive totreat severa! new diseases, like these supposedly produced by prions.