Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance /
Ola Sköld.
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, c2011.
- xiv, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Translation of: Antibiotika och antibiotikaresistens / Olga Sköld. c2006. Includes index.
Antibiotics, the greatest triumph of scientific medicine -- Distribution of antibiotics -- Sulfonamides and trimethoprim -- Betalactams -- Glycopeptides -- Aminoglycosides -- Further antibiotics interfering with bacterial protein synthesis -- Quinolones -- Antibacterial agents that are not related to the large antibiotic families -- Mechanisms for the horizontal spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria -- How to handle resistance against antibiotics?