Antibiotic resistance
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Heidelberg |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; 211 |
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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. |