Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: A Challenge to Modern Medicine

• Main Authors: Sagar, Sadhana (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kaistha, Shilpa (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Das, Amar Jyoti (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kumar, Rajesh (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Drug resistance.; Infectious diseases.; Bacteriology.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Drug Resistance.; Infectious Diseases.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.

 This book summarizes the emerging trends in the field of antibiotic resistance of various gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial species. The ability of different species of bacteria to resist the antimicrobial agent has become a global problem. As such, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the advances in our understanding of the origin and mechanism of resistance, discusses the modern concept of the biochemical and genetic basis of antibacterial resistance and highlights the clinical and economic implications of the increased prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens and their ecotoxic effects. It also reviews various strategies to curtail the emergence and examines a number of innovative therapeutic approaches, such as CRISPR, phage therapy, nanoparticles and natural antimicrobials, to combat the spread of resistance. 

 Module 1_Emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria -- Module 2_Impact of antibiotic resistant bacteria on different field -- Module 3_Antibiotic resistance: Pattern and Mechanisms -- Module 4_Novel strategies for overcoming of antibiotic resistant mechanisms -- Module 5_Future Prospects.