Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance / Ola Sköld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sköld, Ola.

Standardized Title:

Antibiotika och antibiotikaresistens. English

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Antibiotics.

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Anti-Bacterial Agents.

Drug Resistance, Microbial.

Medical Subjects:

Anti-Bacterial Agents.

Drug Resistance, Microbial.

Physical Description:

xiv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2011]

Summary:

Antibiotics have been a "toxic shock to the microbial world." While they have revolutionized the world's health standard by selectively targeting bacteria, their ubiquitous use has provoked bacteria to develop resistance. Skold (microbiology, Uppsala U., Sweden) reviews the history of antibiotics, their distribution and control, how they work, and the mechanisms by which bacteria resist them. Chapters are devoted to specific groups of antibacterial agents. He urges the development of antibiotics based on different principles than currently used ones. The text is a translation of Antibiotika och antibiotikaresistens, 2006. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Antibiotics, the greatest triumph of scientific medicine

Distribution of antibiotics

Sulfonamides and trimethoprim

Betalactams

Glycopeptides

Aminoglycosides

Further antibiotics interfering with bacterial protein synthesis

Quinolones

Antibacterial agents that are not related to the large antibiotic families

Mechanisms for the horizontal spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria

How to handle resistance against antibiotics?

Notes:

Translation of: Antibiotika och antibiotikaresistens / Olga Sköld. c2006.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780470438503

0470438509

OCLC:

698580626