Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches

Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches discusses up-to-date knowledge in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and all recent advances in fighting microbial resistance such as the applications of nanotechnology, plant products, bacteriophages, marine products, algae, insect-derived products, and other alternative methods that can be applied to fight bacterial infections. Understanding fundamental mechanisms of antibiotic resistance is a key step in the discovery of effective methods to cope with resistance. This book also discusses methods used to fight antibiotic-resistant infection based on a deep understanding of the mechanisms involved in the development of the resistance. Discusses methods used to fight antibiotic-resistant infection based on a deep understanding of mechanisms involved in the development of the resistanceProvides information on modern methods used to fight antibiotic resistanceCovers a wide range of alternative methods to fight bacterial resistance, offering the most complete information availableDiscusses both newly emerging trends and traditionally applied methods to fight antibiotic resistant infections in light of recent scientific developmentsOffers the most up-to-date information in fighting antibiotic resistanceIncludes involvement of contributors all across the world, presenting questions of interest to readers of both developed and developing countries INDICE: 1 Antibiotic Stewardship: Hospital Strategies to Curb Antibiotic Resistance2 Mechanisms of antibacterial resistance: shedding some light over these obscure processes?3 Signaling pathways sustaining antibiotic resistance4 Emerging drug resistance in bacterial enteric pathogens5 Carbapenem resistant gram-negative bacilli6 Antibiotic resistance: Can nanoparticles tackle the problem?7 Nanoarchitectonics used in anti-infective therapy8 Nanobiocomposites of metals as antimicrobial agents9 Nano/nitric oxide and antibiotic resistance10 Controlling bacterial antibiotic resistance using plant-derived compounds11 Essential oils: A natural alternative to antibiotics resistance12 Essential oil sensitivity of ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria13 Antimicrobial and antibiotic potentiating activity of essential oils from tropical medicinal herbs and spices14 Antimicrobial natural products against bacterial biofilms15 The potential use of bacteriophage therapy as a treatment option in a post antibiotic era16 Bacteriocins and its use for multidrug resistance bacterial control17 Marine natural products in fighting microbial infections18 Algae as a novel source of antimicrobial compounds: current and future perspectives

• ISBN: 978-0-12-803642-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 426
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés