Antimicrobial resistance and implications for the twenty-first century /

Antimicrobial resistance and implications for the twenty-first century / Antimicrobial resistance and implications for the 21st century I.W. Fong, Karl Drlica, editors. - New York ; London : Springer, c2008. - xi, 407 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - Emerging infectious diseases of the 21st century .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mechanisms of resistance by gram-positive bacteria (streptococci and enterococci) / Javier Aspa Marco ... [et al.] -- Emergence of MRSA in the community / Adam L. Cohen, Rachel Gorwitz, and Daniel B. Jernigan -- Antimicrobial resistance to sexually transmitted infections / Hillard Weinstock, David Trees, and John Papp -- Resistance of gram-negative bacilli to antimicrobials / Patricia A. Bradford and Charles R. Dean -- Mycobacterial antimicrobial resistance / Peter D.O. Davies and Richard Cooke -- Antimicrobial resistance of anaerobic bacteria / Ellie J.C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, and David W. Hecht -- Clinical significance and biological basis of HIV drug resistance / Jorge L. Martinez-Cajas, Marco Petrella, and Mark A. Wainberg -- Resistance of herpesviruses to antiviral agents / G. Boivin and W.L. Drew -- Hepatitis virus resistance / Jean-Michel Pawlotsky -- Resistance to antifungal agents / Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs and John H. Rex -- An anti-mutant approach for antimicrobial use / Karl Drlica ... [et al.]

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Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Anti-infective agents.
Drug Resistance, Microbial.
Communicable Diseases--epidemiology.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging.

QR177 / .A585 2008

616.9/041