Antibiotics - Therapeutic Spectrum and Limitations
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Antibiotics - Therapeutic Spectrum and Limitations

  1. 550 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Antibiotics - Therapeutic Spectrum and Limitations

About this book

Antibiotics: Therapeutic Spectrum and Limitations provides up-to-date information on managing microbial infections, the development and types of antibiotics, the rationale for utilizing antibiotics, toxicity considerations, and the control of antibiotic resistance in one single resource. This book also aims to provide comprehensive insights and current trends on antibiotic therapies to treat microbial infections, their mechanisms of action, and the role of modern drug delivery in improving their efficacy. Written by leading experts from around the globe, the chapters in the book covers important aspects of microbial infections including hospital acquired infections and community acquired infections and adult sepsis, examines the various types of antibiotics with different mechanisms and therapeutic uses, the global challenge of antibiotic resistance, and clinical trials, regulatory considerations, and market overview of antibiotics. Furthermore, the chapters include updated literature reviews of the relevant key topics, high-quality illustrations, chemical structures, flowcharts, and well-organized tables, all of which enable better understanding by the readers. - Provides in-depth and updated information and analyses on microbial infections, antibiotics and therapeutics, the consequences of antibiotic resistance, and the role of modern drug delivery in improving efficacy - Discusses different types of antibiotics and their mechanisms as well as traditional medicine, herbal drugs, and postbiotics in the treatment and prevention of microbial infections and management of antibiotic resistance - Contributed by global leaders and experts from academia, industry, research institutes, and regulatory agencies

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Yes, you can access Antibiotics - Therapeutic Spectrum and Limitations by Amal Kumar Dhara,Amit Kumar Nayak,Debprasad Chattopadhyay in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Internal Medicine & Diagnosis. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Antibiotics - Therapeutic Spectrum and Limitations
  2. Chapter 1 Introduction to antibiotic therapy
  3. Chapter 2 Bacterial infections: Types and pathophysiology
  4. Chapter 3 Antibiotics role in past and present: A challenge to find new possibilites in development
  5. Chapter 4 Challenges in the development of novel antibiotics
  6. Chapter 5 Beta-lactam antibiotics
  7. Chapter 6 Aminoglycoside antibiotics
  8. Chapter 7 Chloramphenicol and tetracycline (broad spectrum antibiotics)
  9. Chapter 8 Macrolide antibiotics
  10. Chapter 9 Lincosamide and glycopeptide antibiotics
  11. Chapter 10 Antimicrobial lipopeptides: Multifaceted designs to curb antimicrobial resistance
  12. Chapter 11 Antifungal compounds: With special emphasis on echinocandins, polyenes, and heterocyclic benzofurans
  13. Chapter 12 Antibiotics in the management of tuberculosis and cancer
  14. Chapter 13 Toxicity consideration of antibiotics
  15. Chapter 14 Rational use of antibioticsā€”Save antibiotics for future generations
  16. Chapter 15 Combined use of antibiotics
  17. Chapter 16 Antibiotic resistanceā€”A global crisis
  18. Chapter 17 Traditional medicine in the management of microbial infections as antimicrobials: Pros and cons
  19. Chapter 18 Quinolones as antimicrobial and antiresistance agents
  20. Chapter 19 Herbal drugs as antibiotics
  21. Chapter 20 Challenges for use of antibiotics in pediatric and geriatric population
  22. Chapter 21 Role of antibiotics in hospital-acquired infections and community-acquired infections
  23. Chapter 22 Adult sepsis as an emerging hospital-acquired infection: Challenges and solutions
  24. Chapter 23 Probiotics: A solution to the prevention of antimicrobial resistance
  25. Chapter 24 Role of modern drug delivery in antibiotic therapy
  26. Chapter 25 Antibiotic residues in food
  27. Chapter 26 Clinical trials, regulatory considerations, and market overview of antibiotics
  28. Index