Antibacterial Agents
Chemistry, Mode of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance and Clinical Applications
Rosaleen Anderson ; Adam Todd ; Alan Worsley ; Paul W. Groundwater
- Antibacterial
- agents
- act
- against
- bacterial
- infection
- either
- by
- killing
- the
- bacterium
- or
- by
- arresting
- its
- growth.
- They
- do
- this
- by
- targeting
- bacterial
- DNA
- and
- its
- associated
- processes,
- attacking
- bacterial
- metabolic
- processes
- including
- protein
- synthesis,
- or
- interfering
- with
- bacterial
- cell
- wall
- synthesis
- and
- function.Antibacterial
- Agents
- is
- an
- essential
- guide
- to
- this
- important
- class
- of
- chemotherapeutic
- drugs.
- Compounds
- are
- organised
- according
- to
- their
- target,
- which
- helps
- the
- reader
- understand
- the
- mechanism
- of
- action
- of
- these
- drugs
- and
- how
- resistance
- can
- arise.
- The
- book
- uses
- an
- integrated
- “lab-to-clinic”
- approach
- which
- covers
- drug
- discovery,
- source
- or
- synthesis,
- mode
- of
- action,
- mechanisms
- of
- resistance,
- clinical
- aspects
- (including
- links
- to
- current
- guidelines,
- significant
- drug
- interactions,
- cautions
- and
- contraindications),
- prodrugs
- and
- future
- improvements.Agents
- covered
- include:Antibacterial
- Agents
- will
- find
- a
- place
- on
- the
- bookshelves
- of
- students
- of
- pharmacy,
- pharmacology,
- pharmaceutical
- sciences,
- drug
- design/discovery,
- and
- medicinal
- chemistry,
- and
- as
- a
- bench
- reference
- for
- pharmacists
- and
- pharmaceutical
- researchers
- in
- academia
- and industry.
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