Current overviews of the topic are included, along with specific discussions on the individual mechanisms (betalactams, glycopeptides, aminoglycosides, etc) used in various antibacterial agents and explanations of how resistances to those develop. Methods for counteracting resistance development in bacteria are discussed as well.
Table of Contents
1. Antibiotics, the Greatest Triumph of Scientific Medicine.2. Distribution of Antibiotics.
3. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim.
4. Betalactams.
5. Glycopeptides.
6. Aminoglycosides.
7. Further Antibiotics Interfering with Bacterial Protein Synthesis.
8. Quinolones.
9. Antibacterial Agents that are not Related to the Large Antibiotic Families.
10. Mechanisms for the Horizontal Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Among Bacterial.
11. How to Handle Resistance Against Antibiotics?