| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Overview of aminoglycosides and enzyme-mediated bacterial resistance: clinical implications / Robert A. Bonomo -- Aminoglycoside antibiotics / Kanchana Majumder [and others] -- Structural aspects of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes / Gerard D. Wright and Albert M. Berghuis -- Aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes: characteristics, localization, and dissemination / Marcelo E. Tolmasky -- rRNA methylases and resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin, ketolide, and oxazolidinone (MLSKO) antibiotics / Marilyn C. Roberts -- [Beta]-lactamases: historical perspectives / Karen Bush and Patricia A. Bradford -- Resistance mediated by penicillin-binding proteins / Malcolm G.P. Page -- Inhibition of class A [beta]-lactamases / Samy O. Meroueh, Jooyoung Cha, And Shahriar Mobashery -- Class B [beta]-lactamases / Gian Maria Rossolini and Jean-Denis Docquier -- Crystal structures of class C [beta]-lactamases: mechanistic implications and perspectives in drug design / C. Bauvois and J. Wouters |
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Class D [beta]-lactamases / Franck Danel, Malcolm G.P. Page, and David M. Livermore -- Kinetics of [beta]-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins / Moreno Galleni and Jean-Marie Frère -- The pharmaceutical industry and inhibitors of bacterial enzymes: implications for drug development / David M. Shlaes, Lefa Alksne, and Steven J. Projan -- [Beta]-lactamase inhibitory proteins / Zhen Zhang and Timothy Palzkill -- Active drug efflux in bacteria / Jürg Dreier -- Overview of dissemination mechanisms of genes coding for resistance to antibiotics / Marcelo E. Tolmasky -- Conjugative transposons / Louis B. Rice -- The dissemination of antibiotic resistance by bacterial conjugation / Virginia L. Waters -- Bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems as targets for the development of novel antibiotics / Juan C. Alonso [and others] -- Integrons and superintegrons / Robert A. Bonomo, Andrea M. Hujer, and Kristine M. Hujer -- The biological cost of antibiotic resistance / Dan I. Andersson [and others] |
| Summary |
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs," present an increasingly deadly threat to human health. With chapters from the world's leading researchers and scholars in this field, this comprehensive volume is a vital and timely overview of this critical subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
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Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Genetic aspects.
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Microbial enzymes.
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Enzyme inhibitors.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Enzyme inhibitors.
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Drug resistance in microorganisms.
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Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Genetic aspects.
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Microbial enzymes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bonomo, Robert A., editor
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Tolmasky, Marcelo, editor
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| LC no. |
2007002039 |
| ISBN |
9781555815615 |
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1555815618 |
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1283033917 |
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9781283033916 |
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9786613033918 |
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661303391X |
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