Sköld, Ola.

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?

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Antibiotics.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.

615.329 / SKO 2011