Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment.

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Keen, Patricia L.
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Montforts, M. H. M. M. (Mark H. M. M.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chicester : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Θέματα: Antibiotics > Environmental aspects.; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Science.; Natural history.; Electronic books.

This book explores the role that environmental distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes and antibiotics plays in ecosystem and human health. The text features a multi-disciplinary framework that connects microbiology, environmental toxicology, and chemistry to assess human and ecological risk...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part I: Sources; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Path to Resistance; Chapter 3: Antibiotic Resistome: A Framework Linking the Clinic and the Environment; Chapter 4: Ecological and Clinical Consequences of Antibiotic Subsistence by Environmental Microbes; Chapter 5: Importance of Adaptive and Stepwise Changes in the Rise and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance.
• Chapter 6: Environmental Reservoirs of Resistance Genes in Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria and Their Possible Impact on the Evolution of Antibiotic ResistanceChapter 7: Mechanisms of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance and Lessons Learned from Environmental Tetracycline-Resistant Bacteria; Chapter 8: Environmental Antibiotic Resistome: New Insights from Culture-Independent Approaches; Part II: Fate; Chapter 9: Environmental Pollution by Antibiotic Resistance Genes; Chapter 10: Quantifying Anthropogenic Impacts on Environmental Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance.
• Chapter 11: Antibiotic Resistance in Swine-Manure-Impacted EnvironmentsChapter 12: Antimicrobial-Resistant Indicator Bacteria in Manure and the Tracking of Indicator Resistance Genes; Chapter 13: Municipal Wastewater as a Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance; Chapter 14: Strategies to Assess and Minimize the Biological Risk of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment; Chapter 15: Antibiotic Resistance in Animals--The Australian Perspective; Part III: Antimicrobial Substances and Resistance.
• Chapter 16: Detection and Occurrence of Antibiotics and Their Metabolites in Pig Manure in Bavaria (Germany)Chapter 17: Fate and Transport of Antibiotics in Soil Systems; Chapter 18: Antibiotics in the Aquatic Environment; Chapter 19: Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Wild Fish; Chapter 20: Role of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds on Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment; Part IV: Effects and Risks; Chapter 21: Human Health Importance of use of Antimicrobials in Animals and Its Selection of Antimicrobial Resistance; Chapter 22: Antimicrobial Resistance Associated with Salmonid Farming.
• Chapter 23: Effect of Veterinary Medicines Introduced via Manure into Soil on the Abundance and Diversity of Antibiotic Resistance Genes on Their TransferabilityChapter 24: Tracking Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes through the Composting Process and Field Distribution of Poultry Waste: Lessons Learned; Chapter 25: Environmental Microbial Communities Living Under Very High Antibiotic Selection Pressure; Chapter 26: Antibiotic Use During an Influenza Pandemic: Downstream Ecological Effects and Antibiotic Resistance.