Antibacterial agents : chemistry, mode of action, mechanisms of resistance, and clinical applications

• Main Authors: Anderson, Rosaleen J. (Author), Groundwater, Paul W. (Author), Todd, Adam (Author), Worsley, Alan J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: John Wiley & Sons
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester : Wiley, 2012
• Subjects: antibakteriální látky; antibacterial agents; příručky; elektronické knihy; handbooks and manuals; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781118325421
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xiv, 363 stran) : ilustrace (některé barevné)

"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 sy...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to microorganisms and antibacterial chemotherapy
• Agents targeting DNA
• Agents targeting metabolic processes
• Agents targeting protein synthesis
• Agents targeting cell-wall synthesis