Antibiotic Resistance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coates, Anthony R.M (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 211
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Drug resistance.; Pharmacology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Drug Resistance.; Medical Microbiology.

This book describes antibiotic resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria. It starts with an overview of the erosion of the efficacy of antibiotics by resistance and the decrease in the rate of replacement of redundant compounds. The origins of antibiotic resistance are then described. It is proposed th...