Bookedited by Anthony R.M. Coates.
Contents:
Introduction to antibiotic resistance/ Richard Bax, David Griffin
The origins of antibiotic resistance/ Gerard D. Wright
Surveillance programmes and antibiotic resistance: worldwide and regional monitoring of antibiotic resistance trends/ Stephen Hawser
Current and future challenges in the development of antimicrobial agents/ Robert P. Rennie
The role of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria in antibiotic resistance: Ajax' shield or Achilles' heel?/ Malcolm G.P. Page
Prevention of drug resistance by combined drug treatment of tuberculosis/ Denis A. Mitchison
Nonmultiplying bacteria are profoundly tolerant to antibiotics / Yanmin Hu, Anthony Coates
Persister cells: molecular mechanisms related to antibiotic tolerance / Kim Lewis
Antimicrobial textiles / J. Vaun McArthur, R.C. Tuckfield, C. Baker-Austin
Efflux: how bacteria use pumps to control their microenvironment / E. David G. McIntosh
Antibiotics in phase II and III clinical trials / Anthony R.M. Coates, Gerry Halls.