Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches discusses up-to-date knowledge in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and all recent advances

This book presents a thorough and authoritative overview of the multifaceted field of antibiotic science – offering guidance to translate research into tools

In ten years’ time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race? In the 1920s the discovery of the anti

Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant 'superbugs.' The IOM's Forum o

This book fully updates and builds upon its first edition. Beginning with chapters on epidemiology and population genetics, it continues with sections covering