40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAA
C) was held in Toronto on 17-20 September 2000. it attracted thousands of d
elegates from industry and academia and covered, in over 2300 oral and post
er presentations, topics ranging from microbial pathogenesis to infection c
ontrol, vaccines, antibiotic resistance and new antimicrobial agents. Summa
rized here are highlights on microbial resistance and agents in clinical an
d preclinical development.