Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials
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Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials

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The enormous genetic flexibility of bacteria jeopardizes the usefulness of currently available antibiotics, and requires new approaches to antibiotic discovery and development. Antimicrobial resistance can be acquired in a short time frame, both by genetic mutation and by direct transfer of resistance genes across genus and species boundaries. Unde

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780367388072
eBook ISBN
9781420008753
Edition
2
Topic
Médecine
Subtopic
Maladies infectieuses

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. About the Editors
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1. Microbial Drug Resistance: A Historical Perspective
  7. Chapter 2. Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance Genes
  8. Chapter 3. Global Response Systems That Confer Resistance
  9. Chapter 4. Multidrug Efflux Pumps: Structure, Mechanism, and Inhibition
  10. Chapter 5. Mechanisms of Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Resistance
  11. Chapter 6. Resistance to -Lactam Antibiotics Mediated by -Lactamases:Structure, Mechanism, and Evolution
  12. Chapter 7. Target Modification as a Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance
  13. Chapter 8. Antibiotic Permeability
  14. Chapter 9. Genetic Methods for Detecting Bacterial Resistance Genes
  15. Chapter 10. Evolution and Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococci
  16. Chapter 11. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Enterococcus
  17. Chapter 12. Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
  18. Chapter 13. Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  19. Chapter 14. Antibiotic Resistance in Enterobacteria
  20. Chapter 15. Resistance as a Worldwide Problem
  21. Chapter 16. Public Health Responses to Antimicrobial Resistance in Outpatient and Inpatient Settings
  22. Chapter 17. Antibacterial Drug Discovery in the 21st Century
  23. Index
  24. Back cover

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