Antibiotics in laboratory medicine
By: [edited by] Victor Lorian.
Contributors: Lorian, Victor.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 889
Subjects: Microbial sensitivity tests.; Antibiotics -- Analysis.; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Microbial Sensitivity Tests.; Anti-Bacterial Agents -- pharmacology.
Description: Presents the fundamental in vitro aspects of antibiotics, from the screening of new agents to their assay in various body fluids. Each chapter serves as a compendium of available, scientifically sound knowledge on its given subject.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The breakpoint / Matthew A. Wikler, Paul G. Ambrose; title: Antimicrobial susceptibility on solid media / John D. Turnidge, Jan M. Bell; title: Susceptibility testing of antimicrobials in liquid media / Daniel Amsterdam; title: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria / David W. Hecht; title: Antimycobacterial agents: in vitro susceptibility testing and mechanisms of action and resistance / Clark B. Inderlied and Kevin A. Nash; title: Antifungal drugs: mechanisms of action, drug resistance, susceptibility testing and assays of activity in biological fluids / Michael A. Pfaller, Daniel J. Diekema, and Michael G. Rinaldi; title: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for some atypical microorganisms (chlamydia, mycoplasma, rickettsia, ehrlichia, coxiella, and spirochetes) / Jean-Marc Rolain, Didier Raoult; title: Applications, significance of, and methods for the measurement of antimicrobial concentrations in human body fluids / Roger D. Klein and Stephen C. Edberg; title: Antimicrobial combinations / Satish K. Pillai, Robert C. Moellering, Jr., and George M. Eliopoulos; title: Genetic and biochemical mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents / Louis B. Rice and Robert A. Bonomo; title: Molecular methods for the detection of antibacterial resistance genes / Margareta Ieven; title: Molecular mechanisms of action for antimicrobial agents: general principles and mechanisms for selected classes of antibiotics / Charles W. Stratton; title: The antivirogram and the modes of action of antiviral agents, HIV, hepatitis, influenza, and cytomegalovirus / Pierre Dellamonica ... [et al.]; title: Disinfectants and antiseptics, modes of action, mechanisms of resistance, and testing / Joseph M. Ascenzi, Martin S. Favero; title: Evaluation of antimicrobials in experimental animal infections / O' Reilly ... [et al.]; title: Extravascular antimicrobial distribution and the respective blood and urine concentrations in humans / David M. Bamberger ... [et al.]; title: Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance: species prevalence, susceptibility profiles, and resistance trends / Thomas R. Fritsche, Helio S. Sader, Ronald N. Jones.