Antimicrobial drug resistance. Mechanisms of drug resistance / Volume 1, ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Mechanisms of drug resistance
• Further Information: Note: Douglas Mayers, Jack D. Sobel, Marc Ouellette, Keith S. Kaye, Dror Marchaim, editors.
• Editors: Mayers, Douglas L; Sobel, Jack D; Ouellette, Marc; Kaye, Keith S; Marchaim, Dror
• Contents: History of Drug-Resistant Microbes -- Evolutionary Biology of Drug Resistance -- Pharmacology of Drug Resistance -- Drug Development for Drug-Resistant Pathogens -- Genetic Mechanisms of Transfer of Drug Resistance -- Mutations as a Basis of Antimicrobial Resistance -- Altered Drug Targets -- Enzymatic Modification of Drugs -- Reduced Drug Penetration -- Active Efflux Mechanism -- Biofilms -- Beta-Lactamases -- Penicillin Binding Proteins -- Aminoglycosides -- Tetracyclines and ChloramphenicolQuinolones -- Plasmid Mediated Quinolone Resistance to Macrolides, Lincosamides, and Streptogramins -- Mechanisms of Resistance in Metronidazole -- Glycopeptide-resistance in eneterococci -- Daptomycin Resistance -- Oxazolidinones -- PolymyxinsSulfonamides and Trimethoprim -- Antimycobacterial Agents -- Amphotericin (Polyenes) -- Azoles -- Flucytosine -- Echinocandins -- Antifungal Targets, Mechanisms of Action, and Resistance in Candida albicans -- Herpes Nucleoside Drugs -- Influenza Drugs -- HIV Nucleoside Drugs -- HIV Non-Nucleoside Drugs -- HIV Protease Inhibitors -- HIV Entry Inhibitors -- HIV Integrase Inhibitors -- Hepatitis B -- Hepatitis C -- Agents for anaerobic protozoa -- Antimalarial Agents -- Agents for Leishmania -- Agents for Trypanosomes -- Agents for Toxoplasma -- Agents for Cryptosporidium -- Agents against Nematodes -- Agents against Trematodes and Cestodes -- Agents against Ectoparasites.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 616.9/041; Medicine; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Anti-infective agents; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Anti-infective agents; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Biomedicine; Drug Resistance; Infectious Diseases; Medical -- Infectious Diseases; Infectious & contagious diseases; Drug interactions; Emerging infectious diseases; Medical -- Pharmacology; Pharmacology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319467184; 3319467182
• Related ISBNs: 9783319467160; 3319467166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 27, 2017).
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