Antibiotic Discovery and Development

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dougherty, Thomas J. (Editor), Pucci, Michael J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Physical chemistry.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Physical Chemistry.; Molecular Medicine.

This volume covers major aspects of the antibiotic discovery and development process. The contributors, a group of highly experienced individuals in both academics and industry, include chapters on the historical perspectives of antibiotic discovery, the need for new antibiotic compounds,strategies...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory History of Antimicrobial Drugs
• Marketed Major Classes of Compounds
• The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance/Resistance Mechanisms to Major Classes
• Clinical Issues of Resistance: “Worst Offenders” List of Problematic Microbes
• Antibiotic Discovery
• Antibiotic Drug Development
• The Economics and Incentives of Antibiotic Drug Discovery.