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

Anderson, Rosaleen, Groundwater, Paul, Todd, Adam and Worsley, Alan (2012) Antibacterial agents: chemistry, mode of action, mechanisms of resistance and clinical applications. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN ISBN: 978-0-470-97245-8

Item Type: Book

Abstract

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:

• agents targeting DNA - quinolone, rifamycin, and nitroimidazole antibacterial agents
• agents targeting metabolic processes - sulfonamide antibacterial agents and trimethoprim
• agents targeting protein synthesis - aminoglycoside, macrolide and tetracycline antibiotics, chloramphenicol, and oxazolidinones
• agents targeting cell wall synthesis - β-Lactam and glycopeptide antibiotics, cycloserine, isonaizid, and daptomycin

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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Depositing User: Rosaleen Anderson

Identifiers

Item ID: 1404
ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-470-97245-8
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/1404
Official URL: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-...

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Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2011 14:32
Last Modified: 02 Jul 2019 09:04

Contributors

Author: Rosaleen Anderson
Author: Paul Groundwater
Author: Adam Todd
Author: Alan Worsley

University Divisions

Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing

Subjects

Sciences > Biomedical Sciences
Sciences > Chemistry

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