Sköld, Ola
Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance
Current overviews of the topic are included, along with specific discussions on the individual mechanisms (betalactams, glycopeptides, aminoglycosides, etc) used in various antibacterial agents and explanations of how resistances to those develop. Methods for counteracting resistance development in bacteria are discussed as well.
Keywords: Antibiotics. Antibiotics resistance. Plasmids. Transposons. Integrons. APUA (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics). Penicillins, Infectious Disease & Microbiology, Microbiology & Virology, Infectious Disease & Microbiology, Microbiology & Virology
- Author(s)
- Sköld, Ola
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 224 pages
- Category
- Medicine, Health Care, Mode
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118075586
- Printed ISBN
- 9780470438503