Frontiers in antimicrobial resistance : a tribute to Stuart B. Levy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, David G., Ph.D, Alekshun, Michael N., McDermott, Patrick F., Levy, Stuart B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Society for Microbiology, [2005]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Tetracycline resistance : efflux, mutation, and other mechanisms
  • Tetracycline resistance due to ribosomal protection proteins
  • Discovery and industrialization of therapeutically important tetracyclines
  • Fluoroquinolone resistance
  • [beta]-lactam resistance in the 21st century
  • Macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin, ketolide, and oxazolidinone resistance
  • Aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms
  • Glycopeptide resistance in enterococci
  • Phenicol resistance
  • Multiple antimicrobial resistance
  • Metal resistance loci of bacterial pathogens
  • Biocides and resistance
  • The nexus of oxidative stress responses and antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli and salmonella
  • The mar locus
  • The mar regulon
  • Identification of mar mutants among clinical bacterial isolates
  • Structure and function of mara and its homologs
  • Function and structure of marr family members
  • Role, structure, and function of multidrug efflux pumps in gram-negative bacteria
  • Role of multidrug efflux pumps in gram-positive bacteria
  • Advances in vancomycin resistance : research in Staphylococcus aureus
  • Enterococcus
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Helicobacter and campylobacter
  • Anaerobes
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Antibiotic resistance in salmonella and shigella
  • Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli
  • Epidemiology and treatment options for select community-acquired and nosocomial antimicrobial-resistant pathogens
  • Drug-resistant falciparum malaria : mechanisms, consequences, and challenges
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial agents of bioterrorism : strategies and considerations
  • Fitness traits in soil bacteria
  • Ecology of antibiotic resistance genes
  • Resistance in the food chain and in bacteria from animals : relevance to human infections
  • Antimicrobial use in plant agriculture
  • Overview of mechanisms of resistance to anticancer agents
  • Development of resistance to anticancer agents
  • The birth of the alliance for the prudent use of antibiotics (APUA)
  • Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics : scientific vision and public mission
  • Antimicrobial use in animals in the United States : developments in policy and practice
  • From perplexing proteins to paratek pharmaceuticals : one scientific front forged