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Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials

Title
Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials / edited by Richard G. Wax [and others].
Publication
Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Wax, Richard G., 1934-
Description
430 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Microbial Drug Resistance: A Historical Perspective / William C. Summers -- Ch. 2. Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance Genes / Abigail A. Salyers, Nadja Shoemaker and David Schlesinger -- Ch. 3. Global Response Systems That Confer Resistance / Paul F. Miller and Philip N. Rather -- Ch. 4. Multidrug Efflux Pumps: Structure, Mechanism, and Inhibition / Olga Lomovskaya, Helen I. Zgurskaya, Keith A. Bostian and Kim Lewis -- Ch. 5. Mechanisms of Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Resistance / Gerard D. Wright -- Ch. 6. Resistance to [beta]-Lactam Antibiotics Mediated by [beta]-Lactamases: Structure, Mechanism, and Evolution / Jooyoung Cha, Lakshmi P. Kotra and Shahriar Mobashery -- Ch. 7. Target Modification as a Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance / David C. Hooper -- Ch. 8. Antibiotic Permeability / Harry Taber -- Ch. 9. Genetic Methods for Detecting Bacterial Resistance Genes / Ad C. Fluit -- Ch. 10. Evolution and Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococci / Christopher Gerard Dowson and Krzysztof Trzcinski -- Ch. 11. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Enterococcus / George M. Eliopoulos -- Ch. 12. Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus / Keeta S. Gilmore, Michael S. Gilmore and Daniel F. Sahm -- Ch. 13. Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Alex S. Pym and Stewart T. Cole -- Ch. 14. Antibiotic Resistance in Enterobacteria / Nafsika H. Georgopapadakou -- Ch. 15. Resistance as a Worldwide Problem / Paul Shears -- Ch. 16. Public Health Responses to Antimicrobial Resistance in Outpatient and Inpatient Settings / Cindy R. Friedman and Arjun Srinivasan -- Ch. 17. Antibacterial Drug Discovery in the 21st Century / Steven J. Projan.
ISBN
  • 9780849391903 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0849391903 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007020179
OCLC
  • ocn130567689
  • 130567689
  • SCSB-5401546
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries