Antimicrobials: New and Old Molecules in the Fight Against Multi-Resistant Bacteria

Book Overview

Julian Davies: The origin and evolution of antibiotics.- Gian Maria Rossolini, Fabio Arena, Simona Pollini: Novel infectious diseases and emerging Gram-positive multi-resistant pathogens in hospital and community acquired infections.- Yossi Paitan, Eliora Ron: Gram-negative pathogens: overview of novel and emerging pathogens and drugs.- Erika Leemans, Jed F. Fisher, Shahriar Mobashery: The β-lactam antibiotics: their future in the face of resistance.- Giorgia Letizia Marcone, Flavia Marinelli: Glycopeptides: an old but up-to-date successful antibiotic class. - Richard H. Baltz: Daptomycin and related lipopeptides produced by fermentation, chemical modification, and combinatorial biosynthesis.- Jesus Cort?s: Lantibiotics and similar peptides produced by and active on gram positives: discovery, development, perspectives.- Martti Vaara: Old and novel polymyxins against serious Gram-negative infections.- Guy T. Carter, Leonard A. McDonald: Uridyl peptide antibiotics: developments in biosynthesis and medicinal chemistry.- Herbert A. Kirst, Flavia Marinelli: Aminoglycoside antibiotics.- Herbert A. Kirst: Macrolides antibiotics.- Olga Genilloud, Francisca Vicente: Tetracycline antibiotics and novel analogs.- Giovanni Zappia, Cinzia Ingallina, Francesca Ghirga, Bruno Botta: Oxazolidin-2-ones: antibacterial activity and chemistry.- Herbert A. Kirst: Protein synthesis inhibitors from smaller antibiotic classes.- Stephen P. East: Actinonin and analogs: inhibitor of bacterial peptide deformylase.- Michael J. Pucci, Jason A. Wiles: Bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors: quinolones and beyond.- Olga Genilloud, Francisca Vicente: Strategies to discover novel antimicrobials to cope with emerging medical needs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662509083
• ISBN13: 9783662509081
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"