Antibiotic Resistance

1. Introduction to Antibiotic Resistance
Richard Bax, David Griffin

2. The Origins of Antibiotic Resistance
Gerard D. Wright

3. Surveillance Programmes and Antibiotic Resistance: Worldwide and Regional Monitoring of Antibiotic Resistance Trends
Stephen Hawser

4. Current and Future Challenges in the Development of Antimicrobial Agents
Robert P. Rennie

5. The Role of the Outer Membrane of Gram-negative Bacteria in Antibiotic Resistance: Ajax’ Shield or Achilles’ Heel?
Malcolm G. P. Page

6. Prevention of Drug Resistance by Combined Drug Treatment of Tuberculosis
Denis A. Mitchison

7. Nonmultiplying Bacteria are Profoundly Tolerant to Antibiotics
Yanmin Hu, Anthony Coates

8. Persister Cells: Molecular Mechanisms Related to Antibiotic Tolerance
Kim Lewis

9. Antimicrobial Textiles
J. Vaun McArthur, R. C. Tuckfield, C. Baker-Austin

10. Efflux: How Bacteria Use Pumps to Control Their Microenvironment
E. David G. McIntosh

11. Antibiotics in Phase II and III Clinical Trials
Anthony R. M. Coates, Gerry Halls

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Drug Resistance, Medical Microbiology