This is the inaugural volume in a new series of reviews. Each annual volume will contain authoritative reviews of developing research topics in antimicrobial therapeutics. Authors will describe how the research being reviewed can beapplied to real-world problems. Among the topics discussed are: antibiotic cycling (rotation) to reduce emergence of resistance; antibiotics: past and future medical need and public perception; drug discovery successes and failures; efflux pumps and the possibility for broad-spectrum inhibitors; emergence ofClostridium difficile as a major nosocomial pathogen; immunomodulators as adjuvants for antimicrobial therapy and vaccines; potential impact of rapid diagnostics to direct more targeted therapies, or to affect antimicrobial use; regulatory hurdles for new antibiotics; the interface between veterinary and humanantibiotic use; and virtual high throughput screening and structure-based design of anti-bacterials.
- ISBN: 978-1-57331-788-7
- Editorial: New York Academy of Science
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 252
- Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés