Antibiotics : therapeutic spectrum and limitations /

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Other Authors: Dhara, Amal Kumar (Editor), Nayak, Amit Kumar, 1979- (Editor), Chattopadhyay, Debprasad (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
Series:Developments in microbiology
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • <P><b>Section I: Introduction </b>1. Introduction to antibiotic therapy</p> <p><b>Section II: Microbial infection and antibiotics development </b>2. Bacterial infection: Types and pathophysiology 3. Antibiotics
  • Past, Present & Possibilities 4. Challenges in the development of antibiotics</p> <p><b>Section III: Antibiotics and therapeutics </b>5. Beta lactum antibiotics 6. Aminoglycoside antibiotics 7. Broad Spectrum Antibiotics (Chloramphenicol and Tetracycline) 8. Macrolide antibiotics 9. Lincosamide and glycopeptide antibiotics 10. Antimicrobial Lipopeptides: Multifaceted Designs to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance 11. Antifungal Compounds: With Special Emphasis on Echinocandins, Polyenes, Heterocyclic Benzofurans 12. Antibiotics in the management of tuberculosis and cancer</p> <p><b>Section IV: Toxicity and Antibiotic resistance </b>13. Toxicity consideration of antibiotics 14. Rational use of antibiotics- save antibiotics for future generations 15. Combined use of antibiotics 16. Antibiotic resistance
  • a global crisis 17. Traditional Medicine in the Management of Microbial Infection as Antimicrobials: Pros and Cons</p> <p><b>Section V: Others </b>18. Quinolones as antimicrobial and anti-resistance agents 19. Herbal drugs as antibiotics 20. Paediatric and geriatric uses of antibiotics 21. Role of antibiotics in hospital acquired infections and community acquired infections 22. Adult sepsis as an emerging hospital acquired infection: challenges and solutions 23. Probiotics: A solution to the prevention of antimicrobial resistance 24. Role of modern drug delivery in antibiotic therapy 25. Antibiotic residues in food 26. Clinical trials, regulatory considerations and market overview of antibiotics<i></p></i>