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References to accompany the November 2012 issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand


  1. Brachman, P. (2003). Infectious diseases – past, present and future. International Journal of Epidemiology. 32(5): 684-686.
  2. WHO – World health Organisation (2012). Causes of child mortality for the year 2010. Accessed October 2012. http://www.who.int/gho/child_health/mortality/mortality_causes_text/en/index.html
  3. Berman, J. (2012). Taxonomic guide to infectious diseases. London: Academic Press.
  4. Hodges, N. (2011a). Introduction to pharmaceutical microbiology. In Denyer, S. et al. (eds). Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 8th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  5. Allison, D. (2011) Bacteria. In Denyer, S. et al. (eds). Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 8th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  6. Allison, D. & McBain, A. (2011). Principles of microbial pathogenicity and epidemiology. In Denyer, S. et al. (eds). Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 8th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  7. Ayoya, M. et al. (2012). Health authorities’ leadership reduces cholera deaths in Haiti. The Lancet. 380(9840): 473-474.
  8. McCance, K. et al. (2010). Pathophysiology. The biological basis for disease in adults and children. Philadelphia PA: Mosby Elsevier.
  9. Britton, W. & Saunders, B. (2011). Pathology and pathogenesis of bacterial infections. In Kaufmann, S., Rouse, B. & Sacks, D. (eds.). The immune response to infection. Washington: ASM Press.
  10. Levison, M. (2004). Pharmacodynamics of antimicrobial drugs. Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America. 18: 451-465.
  11. Editorial (2011). The endless struggle. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 11(4): 253.
  12. Cornaglia, G., Giamarellou, H. & Rossolini, G. (2011). Metallo-B-lactamases: a last frontier for B-lactams? The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 11(5): 381-393.
  13. Smith, A. (2011). Bacterial resistance to antibiotics. In Denyer, S. et al. (eds). Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 8th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  14. Segura, P. et al. (2009). Review of the occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated wastewaters and natural and drinking waters. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(5): 675-684.
  15. Morgan, D., et al. (2011). Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 11(9): 692-701.
  16. BPAC (2011). Antimicrobials: the way forward. Best Practice. 34(Feb). Accessed October 2012. http://www.bpac.org.nz/magazine/2011/february/upfront.asp
  17. Hodges, N (2011b). Antibiotic prescribing and stewardship. In Denyer, S. et al. (eds). Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 8th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  18. Hanlon, G. (2011). Alternative strategies for antimicrobial therapy. In Denyer, S. et al. (eds). Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 8th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  19. Gould, S. (2012). Deadly cocktails for killing bacteria. Scientific American. Accessed October 2012. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/2012/03/12/deadly-cocktails-for-killing-bacteria/
  20. Simon Fraser University (2012). Cholera discovery could revolutionize antibiotic delivery. ScienceDaily. Accessed October 2012. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121019153239.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_health+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Health%29
  21. Peters, B., Shirtliff, M. & Jabra-Rizk, M. (2010). Antimicrobial peptides: primeval molecules or future drugs? PLOS Pathogens. Accessed October 2012. http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1001067#s1
  22. Carlet, J., et al. (2012). Ready for a world without antibiotics? The Pensieres antibiotic resistance call to action. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Accessed October 2012. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3436635/
  23. Gillespie, s. & Bamford, K. (2012). Medical microbiology and infection at a glance. (4th ed.). Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
  24. Hempel, S., et al. (2012) probiotics for the prevention and treatment of antibiotic associated diarrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 307(18): 1959-1969.
  25. Curry, J. (2011). Pseudomembranous colitis. Medscape reference. Accessed October 2012. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/226645-overview#a0101
  26. Locke, T., Keat, S. & Mackinnon, R. (2012). Microbiology and Infectious diseases on the move. London: Hachette.

 

 

 

 

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