Antimicrobial resistance and implications for the twenty-first century
By: I.W. Fong, Karl Drlica, editors.
Contributors: Fong, I. W.; Drlica, Karl.
Series: Emerging infectious diseases of the 21st century
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780387724171
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Anti-infective agents.; Drug Resistance, Microbial.; Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology.; Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
Other titles: Antimicrobial resistance and implications for the 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Mechanisms of resistance by gram-positive bacteria (streptococci and enterococci) / Javier Aspa Marco ... [et al.]; value: Emergence of MRSA in the community / Adam L. Cohen, Rachel Gorwitz, and Daniel B. Jernigan; value: Antimicrobial resistance to sexually transmitted infections / Hillard Weinstock, David Trees, and John Papp; value: Resistance of gram-negative bacilli to antimicrobials / Patricia A. Bradford and Charles R. Dean; value: Mycobacterial antimicrobial resistance / Peter D.O. Davies and Richard Cooke; value: Antimicrobial resistance of anaerobic bacteria / Ellie J.C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, and David W. Hecht; value: Clinical significance and biological basis of HIV drug resistance / Jorge L. Martinez-Cajas, Marco Petrella, and Mark A. Wainberg; value: Resistance of herpesviruses to antiviral agents / G. Boivin and W.L. Drew; value: Hepatitis virus resistance / Jean-Michel Pawlotsky; value: Resistance to antifungal agents / Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs and John H. Rex; value: An anti-mutant approach for antimicrobial use / Karl Drlica ... [et al.]