Antibiotic resistance

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Coates Anthony R. M.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Heidelberg
Publication Dates: c2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; 211
Subjects:
Carrier Form: viii, 190 p.: ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9783642289507 (hbk.)
3642289509 (alk. paper)
9783642289514 (eBook)
3642289517 (eBook)
Index Number: R37
CLC: R37
Call Number: R37/A629
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to antibiotic resistance -- Origins of antibiotic resistance -- Surveillance programmes and antibiotic resistance: worldwide and regional monitoring of antibiotic resistance trends -- Current and future challenges in the development of antimicrobial agents -- Role of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria in antibiotic resistance: Ajax' shield or Achilles' heel? -- Prevention of drug resistance by combined drug treatment of tuberculosis -- Nonmultiplying bacteria are profoundly tolerant to antibiotics -- Persister cells: molecular mechanisms related to antibiotic tolerance -- Antimicrobial textiles-- Efflux: how bacteria use pumps to control their microenvironment -- Antibiotics in phase II and III clinical trials.