Novel Antimicrobial Agents and Strategies

A complete survey of current and future antimicrobial drugs and therapies, from small–molecule antibiotics to antimicrobial peptides and their engineered mimetics, from enzymes to nucleic acid therapeutics, and from metallic nanoparticles to photo– and sonosensitizers. INDICE: Introduction: The problem of microbial drug resistance Conventional antibiotics – revitalized by new analogues New antibiotics with novel mechanism of action Novel bacterial targets Antimicrobial peptides from eukaryotes Antimicrobial peptides from prokaryotes Peptidomimetics as antimicrobial agents Nano–antimicrobials based on metals The use of nanotechnology for the delivery of antimicrobial agents Bacterial cell wall hydrolases Bacteriophage therapy Antimicrobial therapy based on antisense agents Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) Photocatalytic disinfection Sonodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (SACT)

• ISBN: 978-3-527-33638-8
• Editorial: Wiley VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 13/10/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés