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Bacteria versus antibacterial agents: an integrated approach/
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Washington, D.C. :
ASM Press,
c2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- Bacterial pathogenesis
- Essentials of the immune system
- Molecular genetics of bacteria
- Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to the action of antibacterial agents
- Antibiotics and synthetic antibacterial agents
- Beta-lactams, and penicillin-binding proteins, and beta-lactamases
- Inhibitors of peptidoglycan biosinthesis : penicillins
- Inhibitors of peptidoglycan biosynthesis : cephalosporins
- Inhibitors of peptidoglycan biosynthesis : carbapenems and monobactams
- Beta-lactam compounds as beta-lactamase inhibitors
- Bacterial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics and beta-lactam inhibitors of beta-lactamases
- Inhibitors of peptidoglycan biosynthesis : fosfomycin and d-cycloserine
- Inhibitors of peptidoglycan biosynthesis : bacitracin and glycopeptides
- Antibiotics that affect membrane permeability : cyclic peptides
- Antibiotic inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis
- Inhibitors of the 30s ribosomal subunit : aminoglycosides and tetracyclines
- Inhibitors of the 50s ribosomal subunit : macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins
- An inhibitor of the 50s ribosomal subunit : chloramphenicol
- Inhibitors of the formation of the first peptide bond : oxazolidinones
- An inhibitors of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase : mupirocin
- Inhibitors of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase : rifamycins
- Inhibitors of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV : quinolones
- Antibacterial agents that cause DNA damage in obligate anaerobic organisms : 5-nitroimidazoles
- Antibacterial agents that cause damage to DNA : 5-nitrofurans
- Compounds that interfere with tetrahydrofolic acid biosynthesis : sulfonamides and trimethoprim
- New antibacterial drugs in development that act on novel targets.