| Author: |
ADRIEL R. BONILLA AND KADEN P. MUNIZ
|
| Release at: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 547 |
| Edition: |
First Edition
|
| File Size: | 5 MB |
| File Type: | |
| Language: | English |
Content of ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS, MECHANISMS AND ALTERNATIVES
Chapter I The Phenomenon of Antibiotic Resistance
in an Evolutionary Perspective 1
Roberto Manfredi
Chapter II Antibiotic Resistance and Probiotics: Roles,
Mechanisms and Evidence 5
Min-Tze Liong, Siok-Koon Yeo, Chiu-Yin Kuan,
Wai-Yee Fung and Joo-Ann Ewe
Chapter III When Good Bugs Fight Bad – Designing Probiotics
to Control Antibiotic Resistant “Superbugs” 39
Roy D. Sleator
Chapter IV Modification of the Bacterial Phenotype as an Approach
to Counter the Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens 43
Peter W. Taylor, Patricia Bernal and Andrea Zelmer
Chapter V Performance to Antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus,
Streptococcus agalactiae and Enterococcus spp. 79
Antonio Sorlózano, José Gutiérrez, Eva Román,
Juan de Dios Luna, Juan Román, Estrella Martín, José Liébana,
José Luis García, Samuel Bernal and Pilar Morales
Chapter VI Microbiological and Pharmacological Principles of Recent
Antibiotic Therapy 97
Cristina Carrasco, Antonio Sorlózano, José Cabeza,
Gonzalo Piédrola and José Gutiérrez
Chapter VII Bacteriophage Therapies and Enzybiotics: Novel Solutions
to Antibiotic Resistance 187
Noémie Manuelle Dorval Courchesne,
Albert Parisien and Christopher Q. Lan
Chapter VIII Application of Computational Methods to Study Antibiotic
Resistance Mechanisms: Fluoroquinolone Resistance
as a Case Study 215
Sergio Madurga, Jordi Vila and Ernest Giralt
Chapter IX Energetics of MDR Microbial Cells 247
Waché Yves
Chapter X Low Impact of OmpC and OmpF on Susceptibility to Antibiotics
in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli Producers of Extended-
Spectrum Beta-Lactamases 261
A. Sorlózano, A. Salmerón, F. Martínez-Checa, E. Villegas
J. D. Luna and J. Gutiérrez
Chapter XI Antibiotic Resistance in Mariculture Environments of China 271
Jingyi Zhao and Hongyue Dang
Chapter XII Antibiotic Resistance as a Method for Determining Sources
of Fecal Pollution in Water 283
Alexandria K. Graves and Charles Hagedorn
Chapter XIII Genetic Regulation, Physiology, Assessment and Inhibition
of Efflux Pumps Responsible for Multi-Drug Resistant
Phenotypes of Bacterial Pathogens 313
L. Amaral, S. Fanning, G. Spengler, L. Rodrigues, C. Iversen,
M. Martins, A. Martins, M. Viveiros and I. Couto
Chapter XIV Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of Drug-Resistant
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates 333
Maysaa El Sayed Zaki
Chapter XV Tracking Down a New Putative Drug Target for Osteoporosis:
Structure of an Essential Region of the Proton Translocation
Channel of H+
-VO-ATPase 345
Afonso M. S. Duarte and Marcus A. Hemminga
Chapter XVI Antibiotic Resistance in Food-Associated Lactic Acid Bacteria 371
Giorgio Giraffa
Chapter XVII Current Status of Antibiotic Resistance in Lactic Acid Bacteria 379
Leon M. T. Dicks, Svetoslav D. Todorov
and Bernadette D. G. M. Franco
Chapter XVIII Nanobiotics to Combat Bacterial Drug Resistance 425
Sampath C. Abeylath and Edward Turos
Chapter XIX Veterinary Antibiotics and Their Possible Impact on Resistant
Bacteria in the Environment 467
Nicole Kemper
Index 497
in an Evolutionary Perspective 1
Roberto Manfredi
Chapter II Antibiotic Resistance and Probiotics: Roles,
Mechanisms and Evidence 5
Min-Tze Liong, Siok-Koon Yeo, Chiu-Yin Kuan,
Wai-Yee Fung and Joo-Ann Ewe
Chapter III When Good Bugs Fight Bad – Designing Probiotics
to Control Antibiotic Resistant “Superbugs” 39
Roy D. Sleator
Chapter IV Modification of the Bacterial Phenotype as an Approach
to Counter the Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens 43
Peter W. Taylor, Patricia Bernal and Andrea Zelmer
Chapter V Performance to Antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus,
Streptococcus agalactiae and Enterococcus spp. 79
Antonio Sorlózano, José Gutiérrez, Eva Román,
Juan de Dios Luna, Juan Román, Estrella Martín, José Liébana,
José Luis García, Samuel Bernal and Pilar Morales
Chapter VI Microbiological and Pharmacological Principles of Recent
Antibiotic Therapy 97
Cristina Carrasco, Antonio Sorlózano, José Cabeza,
Gonzalo Piédrola and José Gutiérrez
Chapter VII Bacteriophage Therapies and Enzybiotics: Novel Solutions
to Antibiotic Resistance 187
Noémie Manuelle Dorval Courchesne,
Albert Parisien and Christopher Q. Lan
Chapter VIII Application of Computational Methods to Study Antibiotic
Resistance Mechanisms: Fluoroquinolone Resistance
as a Case Study 215
Sergio Madurga, Jordi Vila and Ernest Giralt
Chapter IX Energetics of MDR Microbial Cells 247
Waché Yves
Chapter X Low Impact of OmpC and OmpF on Susceptibility to Antibiotics
in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli Producers of Extended-
Spectrum Beta-Lactamases 261
A. Sorlózano, A. Salmerón, F. Martínez-Checa, E. Villegas
J. D. Luna and J. Gutiérrez
Chapter XI Antibiotic Resistance in Mariculture Environments of China 271
Jingyi Zhao and Hongyue Dang
Chapter XII Antibiotic Resistance as a Method for Determining Sources
of Fecal Pollution in Water 283
Alexandria K. Graves and Charles Hagedorn
Chapter XIII Genetic Regulation, Physiology, Assessment and Inhibition
of Efflux Pumps Responsible for Multi-Drug Resistant
Phenotypes of Bacterial Pathogens 313
L. Amaral, S. Fanning, G. Spengler, L. Rodrigues, C. Iversen,
M. Martins, A. Martins, M. Viveiros and I. Couto
Chapter XIV Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of Drug-Resistant
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates 333
Maysaa El Sayed Zaki
Chapter XV Tracking Down a New Putative Drug Target for Osteoporosis:
Structure of an Essential Region of the Proton Translocation
Channel of H+
-VO-ATPase 345
Afonso M. S. Duarte and Marcus A. Hemminga
Chapter XVI Antibiotic Resistance in Food-Associated Lactic Acid Bacteria 371
Giorgio Giraffa
Chapter XVII Current Status of Antibiotic Resistance in Lactic Acid Bacteria 379
Leon M. T. Dicks, Svetoslav D. Todorov
and Bernadette D. G. M. Franco
Chapter XVIII Nanobiotics to Combat Bacterial Drug Resistance 425
Sampath C. Abeylath and Edward Turos
Chapter XIX Veterinary Antibiotics and Their Possible Impact on Resistant
Bacteria in the Environment 467
Nicole Kemper
Index 497
0 comments: