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Antimicrobial Agents: Antibacterials and Antifungals is a significant revision of an original French reference published by Ellipses in 1999. * Offers hundreds of antibiotics and antimicrobial compounds: in development, experimental, and in use * Provides a thorough update of the original French edition published in 1999, plus critical new material * Presents comprehensive coverage of chemistry and synthesis, classification, structure-activity relationships, mechanisms of action and resistance, breakpoints, in vitro/in vivo activities, epidemiology, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and adverse events * Features over 1,200 illustrations, over 1,500 tables, and more than 3,000 references Presents new, extensive chapters covering helicobacter pylori and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA)

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Author:   André Bryskier
Publisher:   American Society for Microbiology
Imprint:   American Society for Microbiology
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 6.90cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   3.028kg
ISBN:  

9781555812379

ISBN 10:   1555812376
Pages:   1426
Publication Date:   31 August 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword: Stuart B. Levy Foreword to the First Edition, Revised: Jacques F. Acar Foreword to the First Edition: Michel Glauser and Phillippe Moreillon Preface Contributors 1. Historical Review of Antibacterial Chemotherapy, A. Bryskier 2. Antibiotics and Antibacterial Agents: Classifications and Structure-Activity Relationships, A. Bryskier 3. Epidemiology of Resistance to Antibacterial Agents, A. Bryskier 4. Development of an Antibiotic: Microbiology, A. Bryskier 5. Penicillins, A. Bryskier 6. Cephems for Parenteral Use, A. Bryskier and J. Aszodi 7. Oral Cephalosporins, A. Bryskier and M. Lebel 8. Carbapenems, A. Bryskier 9. Penems, A. Bryskier 10. Monocyclic Beta-Lactams, P. Le Noc 11. Beta-Lactam Prodrugs, A. Bryskier 12. Peptidoglycan Synthesis Inhibitors, A. Bryskier and C. Dini 13. Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors, A. Kazmiercak 14. Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors under Research, A. Bryskier, C. Couturier, and J. Lowther 15. Gamma-Lactams and Derivatives, A. Bryskier 16. Aminocyclitol Aminoglycosides, P. Veyssier and A. Bryskier 17. Spectinomycin, A. Bryskier 18. Macrolides, A. Bryskier and E. Bergogne-Berezin 19. Ketolides, A. Bryskier 20. Streptogramins, A. Bryskier 21. Lincosamines, A. Bryskier 22. Oxazolidinones, A. Bryskier 23. Fusidic Acid, A. Bryskier 24. Tetracyclines, A. Bryskier 25. Tetracyclines under Investigation, A. Bryskier 26. Fluoroquinolones, A. Bryskier 27. DNA Gyrase Inhibitors Other than Fluoroquinolones, A. Bryskier 28. Codrugs, A. Bryskier 29. Coumarin Antibiotics: Novobiocin, Coumermycin, Clorobiocin, A. Bryskier and M. Klich 30. Peptide Antibiotics, A. Bryskier 31. Glycopeptides and Lipoglycopeptides, A. Bryskier 32. Ansamycins, A. Bryskier 33. Phenicols, A. Fisch and A. Bryskier 34. 5-Nitroimidazoles, L. Dubreuil 35. Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors, Nitroheterocycles (Furans), and 8-Hydroxyquinolones, P. Veyssier and A. Bryskier 36. Mupirocin, A. Bryskier 37. Fosfomycin and Derivatives, E. Bergogne-Berezin 38. Orthosomycins, A. Bryskier 39. Peptidyl-Deformylase Inhibitors, A. Bryskier and J. Lowther 40. Helicobacter pylori and Antibacterial Agents, A. Bryskier, J. Lowther, and C. Couturier 41. Microbial Efflux of Antibiotics and Inhibitors of Efflux Pumps, A. Bryskier 42. Paldimycin, A. Bryskier 43. Antituberculosis Agents, A. Bryskier and J. Grosset 44. Fluoroquinolones and Tuberculosis: a Review, A. Bryskier and J. Lowther 45. Antituberculosis Compounds under Investigation, A. Bryskier 46. Antibacterial Treatment of Leprosy, J. Gosset 47. Primycin, A. Bryskier 48. Benzonaphtyridones, A. Bryskier 49. Agents against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, A. Bryskier 50. Mutilins, A. Bryskier 51. In Pursuit of New Antibiotics, A. Bryskier 52. Systemic Antifungal Agents, R. Grillot and B. Lebeau 53. Antifungal Targets and Research into Antifungal Agents, A. Bryskier 54. Drug Interactions during Anti-Infective Treatments, O. Petitjean, P. Nicolas, M. Tod, C. Padoin, and A. Jacolot 55. Antibiotic Treatments and the Intestinal Ecosystem, A. Andremont 56. Interaction between Antimicrobial Agents and Oropharyngeal and Intestinal Normal Microflora, A. Sullivan, C. Edlund, and C. E. Nord 57. Clinical Quality Assurance and the International Development of New Anti-Infective Agents, J. M. Husson, C. Lim, and A. Bryskier

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