| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 1426 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents; Foreword; Foreword to the First Edition, Revised; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface; Contributors; 1 Historical Review of Antibacterial Chemotherapy; 2 Antibiotics and Antibacterial Agents: Classifications and Structure-Activity Relationship; 3 Epidemiology of Resistance to Antibacterial Agents; 4 Development of an Antibiotic: Microbiology; 5 Penicillins; 6 Cephems for Parenteral Use; 7 Oral Cephalosporins; 8 Carbapenems; 9 Penems; 10 Monocyclic ß-Lactams; 11 ß-Lactam Prodrugs; 12 Peptidoglycan Synthesis Inhibitors; 13 ß-Lactamase Inhibitors |
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14 ß-Lactamase Inhibitors under Research15?-Lactams and Derivatives; 16 Aminocyclitol Aminoglycosides; 17 Spectinomycin; 18 Macrolides; 19 Ketolides; 20 Streptogramins; 21 Lincosamines; 22 Oxazolidinones; 23 Fusidic Acid; 24 Tetracyclines; 25 Tetracyclines under Investigation; 26 Fluoroquinolones; 27 DNA Gyrase Inhibitors Other Than Fluoroquinolones; 28 Codrugs; 29 Coumarin Antibiotics: Novobiocin, Coumermycin, and Clorobiocin; 30 Peptide |
| Summary |
Annotation 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 eventsFeatures 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) |
| Notes |
Translation and extensive update of: Antibiotiques, agents antibactériens et antifongiques. 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from 1st French rev. ed. of: Antibiotiques, agents antibactériens et antifongiques. 1999 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Antibiotics.
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Antifungal agents.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents -- pharmacology.
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Antifungal Agents -- pharmacology.
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| Author |
Bryskier, André, editor
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| LC no. |
2005019538 |
| ISBN |
1555815928 electronic bk |
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9781555815929 electronic bk |
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