Antimicrobial drug resistance handbook Volume 2, Clinical and epidemiological aspects /
The volumes included in Antimicrobial Drug Resistance represent the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary reference covering the area of antimicrobial drug resistance in bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites from basic science, clinical, and epidemiological perspectives. The first volume, Antimic...
| Other Authors: | Mayers, Douglas., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Totowa, N.J. : London :
Humana ; Springer [distributor],
2008.
Totowa, N.J. : London : 2008. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Table of Contents:
- Section G. Gram-positive bacterial drug resistance : Clinical / Stephen A. Lerner. Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae / Lesley McGee and Keith P. Klugman ; Antibiotic resistance of non-pneumococcal streptococci and its clinical impact / Jari Jalava and Helena Seppälä ; Enterococcus : antimicrobial resistance in enterococci epidemiology, treatment, and control / Anne Y. Chen and Marcus J. Zervos ; Antimicrobial resistance in staphylococci : mechanisms of resistance and clinical implications / Lisa G. Winston and Henry F. Chambers ; Resistance in aerobic gram-positive bacilli / David J. Weber and William A. Rutala
- Section H. Gram-negative bacterial drug resistance : Clinical / Stephen A. Lerner. Antibiotic resistance in neisseria / Margaret C. Bash, Durrie L. McKnew, and John W. Tapsall ; Mechanisms of resistance in Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis / Michael R. Jacobs ; Enterobacteriaceae / David L. Paterson ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa / David L. Paterson and Baek-Nam Kim ; Acinetobacter / David L. Paterson and Anton Y. Peleg ; Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella spp., typhoid salmonella and nontyphoid salmonella / Herbert L. DuPont ; Antimicrobial resistance in vibrios / Michael L. Bennish, Wasif A. Khan, and Debasish Saha ; Antimicrobial resistance in helicobacter and campylobacter / Patrick F. McDermott, Joanne L. Simala-Grant, and Diane E. Taylor ; Pertussis (Whooping cough) / Michael A. Saubolle ; Antibiotic resistance of anaerobic bacteria / Itzhak Brook ; Mycobacteria : tuberculosis / Francis A. Drobniewski and Yanina Balabanova ; Drug resistance by non-tuberculous mycobacteria / Kathleen Horan and Gerard A. Cangelosi
- Section I. Fungal drug resistance : Clinical / Jack D. Sobel. The role of resistance in Candida infections : epidemiology and treatment / J.D. Sobel and R.A. Akins ; Antifungal resistance : Aspergillus / P.H. Chandrasekar and Elias K. Manavathu ; Drug Resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans / Kimberly E. Hanson, Barbara D. Alexander, and John Perfect ; Antifungal drug resistance in histoplasmosis / L. Joseph Wheat, Patricia Connolly, Melinda Smedema, and P. David Rogers ; Drug resistance in Pneumocystis jirovecii / Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Thomas Benfield, Joseph Kovacs, and Henry Masur
- Section J. Viral drug resistance : Clinical / Douglas L. Mayers. Antiviral resistance in influenza viruses : clinical and epidemiological aspects / Frederick G. Hayden ; Herpesvirus resistance / G. Boivin and W.L. Drew ; Clinical Implications of HIV-1 Drug Resistance / Douglas L. Mayers ; Clinical implications of resistance for patients with chronic Hepatitis B / Nathaniel A. Brown.
- Section K. Parasitic drug resistance : Clinical / Marc Ouellette. Antimalarial drug resistance : clinical perspectives / Philip J. Rosenthal ; Diagnosis and treatment of metronidazole-resistant Trichomonas vaginalis infection / Sarah L. Cudmore and Gary E. Garber ; Drug resistance in Leishmania : clinical perspectives / Shyam Sundar and Madhukar Rai ; Human African trypanosomiasis / Jacques Pépin and Honoré Méda ; Drug resistance in Toxoplasma gondii / Paul F.G. Sims ; Drug resistance in the sheep nematode parasite Haemonchus contortus, mechanisms and clinical perspectives / Marleen H. Roos
- Section L. Measurements of drug resistance / Douglas L. Mayers. In vitro performance and analysis of combination anti-infective evaluations / Robert W. Buckheit and R. Dwayne Lunsford ; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods for bacterial pathogens / Fred C. Tenover ; Drug resistance assays for mycobacterium tuberculosis / Leonid Heifets and Gerard Cangelosi ; Fungal drug resistance assays / Sevtap Arikan and John H. Rex ; Viral phenotypic resistance assays / Neil Parkin ; Drug resistance assays for parasites / N.C. Sangster, G.N. Maitland, S. Geerts, Saskia Decuypere, Jean-Claude Dujardin, J.A. Upcroft, P. Upcroft, and M. Duraisingh ; Genotypic drug resistance assays / A. Huletsky and M.G. Bergeron ; The use of genotypic assays for monitoring the development of resistance to antiviral therapy for HIV-1 infection and other chronic viral diseases / Jorge L. Martinez-Cajas, Marco Petrella, and Mark A. Wainberg
- Section M. Public health issues of drug resistance / Douglas L. Mayers. Antimicrobial resistance : an international public health problem / Carlos A. DiazGranados and John E. McGowan, Jr. ; Hospital infection control : considerations for the management and control of drug-resistant organisms / Gonzalo M.L. Bearman and Richard P. Wenzel ; Controlling the spread of resistant pathogens in the intensive care unit / David K. Henderson ; Implications of antibiotic resistance in potential agents of bioterrorism / Linda M. Weigel and Stephen A. Morse ; Internet resources on antimicrobial resistance / Matthew E. Falagas, Efthymia A. Karveli.