Frontiers in antimicrobial resistance : a tribute to Stuart B. Levy / editors, David G. White, Michael N. Alekshun, Patrick F. McDermott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

White, David G., Ph.D.

Alekshun, Michael N.

McDermott, Patrick F.

Levy, Stuart B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Drug resistance in cancer cells.

Drug Resistance, Microbial.

Medical Subjects:

Drug Resistance, Microbial.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 570 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Society for Microbiology, [2005]

Contents:

Tetracycline resistance: efflux, mutation, and other mechanisms / Frederic M. Sapunaric, Mila Aldema-Ramos, and Laura M. McMurry

Tetracycline resistance due to ribosomal protection proteins / Marilyn C. Roberts

Discovery and industrialization of therapeutically important tetracyclines / Mark L. Nelson and Steven J. Projan

Fluoroquinolone resistance / Jordi Vila

β-lactam resistance in the 21st century / George Jacoby and Karen Bush

Macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin, ketolide, and oxazolidinone resistance / Marilyn C. Roberts and Joyce Sutcliff

Aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms / David D. Boehr, Ian F. Moore, and Gerard D. Wright

Glycopeptide resistance in enterococci / Florence Depardieu and Patrice Courvalin

Phenicol resistance / Stefan Schwarz and David G. White

Multiple antimicrobial resistance / Anthony M. George

Metal resistance loci of bacterial pathogens / Anne O. Summers

Biocides and resistance / Bonnie M. Marshall, Laura M. McMurry, and Merri C. Moken

The nexus of oxidative stress responses and antibiotic resistance mechanisms in escherichia coli and salmonella / Bruce Demple

The Mar locus / Thamarai Schneiders, Herbert Haechler, and William Yan

The Mar regulon / Teresa M. Barbosa and Pablo J. Pomposiello

Identification of Mar mutants among clinical bacterial isolates / JoAnn Dzink-Fox and Margret Oethinger

Structure and function of MarA and its homologs / Robert G. Martin and Judah L. Rosner

Function and structure of MarR family members / Michael N. Alekshun and James F. Head

Role, structure, and function of multidrug efflux pumps in gram-negative bacteria / Hiroshi Nikaido

Role of multidrug efflux pumps in gram-positive bacteria / Glenn W. Kaatz

Advances in vancomycin resistance: research in staphylococcus aureus / Keiichi Hiramatsu ... [et al.]

Enterococcus / Roland Leclercq and Patrice Courvalin

Streptococcus pneumoniae / Joyce Sutcliff and Marilyn C. Roberts

Helicobacter and campylobacter / Patrick F. McDermott and Diane E. Taylor

Anaerobes / Isabelle Podglajen, Jacques Breuil, and Ekkehard Collatz

Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Keith Poole

Antibiotic resistance in salmonella and shigella / E. J. Threlfall

Antibiotic resistance in escherichia coli / Mark A. Webber and Laura J. V. Piddock

Epidemiology and treatment options for select community-acquired and nosocomial antibbiotic-resistant pathogens / John E. Gustafson and John D. Goldman

Drug-resistant falciparum malaria: mechanisms, consequences, and challenges / Karen Hayton ... [et al.]

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial agents of bioterrorism: strategies and considerations / Fred C. Tenover

Fitness traits in soil bacteria / Fabrice N. Gravelat, Stephen R. Strain, and Mark W. Silby

Ecology of antibiotic resistance genes / Abigail A. Salyers, Hera Vlamakis, and Nadja B. Shoemaker

Resistance in the food chain and in bacteria from animals: relevance to human infections / Vincent Perreten

Antimicrobial use in plant agriculture / Anne K. Vidaver

Mechanisms of resistance to anticancer agents / Michael P. Draper ... [et al.]

Development of resistance to anticancer agents / David E. Modrak, Graham K. Jones, and Michael P. Draper

The birth of the alliance for the prudent use of antibiotics (APUA) / Ellen Koenig

Alliance for the prudent use of antibiotics: scientific vision and public mission / Kathleen T. Young and Thomas F. O'Brien

Antimicrobial use in animals in the United States: developments in policy and practice / Stephen J. DeVincent and Christina Viola

From perplexing proteins to paratek pharmaceuticals: one scientific front forged / by Stuart B. Levy / Mark L. Nelson and S. Ken Tanaka.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1555813291

OCLC:

60551614