Understanding antibacterial action and resistance /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Ellis Horwood,
1996.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- General nature and development of antibacterial agents
- Structure of bacteria
- Structure of spores
- Mode of action of antibiotics and their uptake into bacteria
- Inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis
- Inhibitors of protein synthesis
- Antibiotics that inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis
- Antibiotics that inhibit membrane integrity
- Antimycobacterial drugs
- Uptake of antibiotics by bacteria.
- Antiseptics, disinfectants and preservatives: their properties, mechanisms of action and uptake into bacteria
- Factors influencing activity
- General classification of biocides
- Properties and mechanisms of action of agents interacting with outer cell components
- Properties and mechanisms of action of membrane-active agents
- Agents interacting with cytoplasmic constituents: properties and mechanism of action
- Combination of biocides
- Uptake of biocides by bacteria
- Mechanisms of actions: general conclusions.
- Sporistatic and sporicidal agents: their properties and mechanisms of action
- Sporulation
- Germination
- Outgrowth
- Mechanisms of action of sporistatic and sporicidal agents
- Genetic and biochemical basis of acquired resistance to chemotherapeutic antibiotics
- Resistance to inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis
- Resistance to inhibitors of protein synthesis
- Resistance to antibiotics that inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis.
- Resistance to antibiotics that inhibit membrane integrity- polymyxin
- Resistance to antimycobacterial drugs
- Genetic and biochemical basis of resistance to antiseptics, disinfectants and preservatives
- Intrinsic biocide resistance
- Acquired biocide resistance
- Mechanisms of spore resistance to biocides
- Experimental aspects
- Revival of injured spores
- Impact on society of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and biocides and ways of counteracting it.
- Impact of bacterial resistance to chemotherapeutic antibiotics
- Strategies for counteracting resistance to chemotherapeutic antibiotics
- Impact of bacterial resistance to antiseptics, disinfectants and preservatives
- Strategies for counteracting resistance to biocides
- Impact of spore resistance on society
- Strategies for counteracting resistance of spores to chemicals.