Description
Book SynopsisAntibiotic resistance is an ever-increasing problem in modern times, as resistant strains of bacteria become more prevalent. This book teaches about the different types of antibiotics and the bacteria they are used on individually, while, at the same time, maintaining a specific focus on the issue of resistance.
Trade Review“This is a good book with good information about antibiotics. It fits nicely in the pocket of a laboratory coat and could be carried around by physicians. It concludes with a serious message -- that we have enjoyed the use of antibiotics on a "loan from nature," and this loan is expiring with a "threat of foreclosure.” (Doody’s, 6 April 2012)
“This is a good book with good information about antibiotics. It fits nicely in the pocket of a laboratory coat and could be carried around by physicians. It concludes with a serious message -- that we have enjoyed the use of antibiotics on a "loan from nature," and this loan is expiring with a "threat of foreclosure.” (Doody’s, 6 April 2012)
Table of Contents1. Antibiotics, the Greatest Triumph of Scientific Medicine.
2. Distribution of Antibiotics.
3. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim.
4. Betalactams.
5. Glycopeptides.
6. Aminoglycosides.
7. Further Antibiotics Interfering with Bacterial Protein Synthesis.
8. Quinolones.
9. Antibacterial Agents that are not Related to the Large Antibiotic Families.
10. Mechanisms for the Horizontal Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Among Bacterial.
11. How to Handle Resistance Against Antibiotics?
