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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688350103321

Autore

Robert Paul Hunter

Titolo

Low-dose antibiotics : current status and outlook for the future / / topic editors: Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Jun Lin, Robert P. Hunter and Rustam I. Aminov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2014

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2014

©2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Frontiers in Microbiology

Frontiers in Public Health

Disciplina

615.7922

Soggetti

Antibiotics - Effectiveness

Antibiotics - Research

Drug resistance in microorganisms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Antimicrobial therapy is a key factor in our success against pathogens poised to ravage at risk or infected individuals. However, we are currently at a watershed point as we face a growing crisis of antibiotic resistance among diverse pathogens. One area of intense interest is the impact of the application of antibiotics for uses other than the treatment of patients and the association with such utilization with emerging drug resistance. This Research Topic “Low dose antibiotics: current status and outlook for the future” in Frontiers in Microbiology: Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy details various aspects of the wide ranging effects of antimicrobial therapy from areas such as the regulation of host responses tomodulation of bacterial virulence factors to acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes.