The challenges of antibiotic resistance in the development of new therapeutics / / Oliveira Manuela, Isa D. Serrano, editors ; contributors Amelia Fernandes [and twenty five others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates : , : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.9041 |
Collana | Frontiers in Antimicrobial Agents |
Soggetto topico | Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN | 1-68108-140-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; List of Contributors ; Introduction ; INTRODUCTION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Bacteriophages as Antibacterial Agents: Why are We Facing an Antibiotic Crisis and How Could Bacteriophages be of Help? ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WHY ARE WE FACING AN ANTIBIOTIC (AB) CRISIS? ; 3. HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS? ; 4. BACTERIOPHAGES OR IN SHORT 'PHAGES'; 5. BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY OR PHAGE THERAPY; 6. EXPERIMENTAL PHAGE THERAPY; 7. SAFETY ISSUES; 8. IN FACT WE LIVE IN AN "OCEAN" OF BACTERIOPHAGES; 9. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR PHAGE THERAPY
10. THE POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF PHAGE THERAPY VERSUS ANTIBIOTICS11. PHAGE THERAPY IN PUBLIC HEALTH; 12. WHY PHAGE THERAPY IS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED?; CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Antimicrobial Peptides ; INTRODUCTION; 1. WHAT ARE ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES (AMPS); 1.1. Mode of Action; 1.2. Immune System; 1.3. Resistance; 2. CHRONOLOGY OF AMPS DISCOVERY - A BRIEF HISTORY; 2.1. Classification of AMPs; 2.1.1. Biological Source; 2.1.2. Biological Functions; 2.1.3. Biosynthesis; 2.1.4. Molecular Properties; 2.1.5. Molecular Targets 2.1.6. Three-Dimensional (3D) Structure2.2. Currently Active AMPs Databases; 3. THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF AMPS; 3.1. Anticancer AMPs; 3.2. Antiviral AMPs; 3.3. Anti-parasitic AMPs; 3.4. New Generation of AMPs; CONCLUDING REMARKS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Probiotics: Ways of Action and Beneficial Effects ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SELECTION OF PROBIOTICS; 3. COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT PROBIOTICS; 4. MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF PROBIOTICS; 4.1. Immunomodulation; 4.2. Direct Effects on Other Microorganisms; 5. BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF PROBIOTICS 5.1. Alleviation of Lactose Intolerance5.2. Effect on Helicobacter Pylori Eradication ; 5.3. Anti-carcinogenic Effect; 5.4. Cholesterol-lowering Effects; 5.5. Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis; 5.6. Inflammatory Diseases and Bowel Syndromes ; CONCLUSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Immunotherapy ; 1. BACTERIAL INFECTIVITY, IMMUNE RESPONSE AND MULTIRESISTANT INFECTIONS : NEW PERSPECTIVES; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Host Resistance; 1.3. Bacterial Strategies for Evading, Surviving Host Defense Systems and Create Infection; 2. IMMUNOTHERAPY; 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Applications of Immunotherapy2.3. Passive Immunotherapy; 2.4. Passive Immunotherapy: Antibodies ; 2.5. Passive Immunotherapy: Adoptive T-cell Transfer; 2.6. Passive Immunotherapy: Immunomodulators; 2.7. Growth Factors; 2.7.1. Filgastrim ; 2.7.2. Sargramostim ; 2.7.3. Erythropoietin (EPO) ; 2.7.4. Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1); 2.8. Interleukins; 2.8.1. Interleukin 2; 2.8.2. Interleukin-8; 2.9. Interferons; 2.9.1. Human Interferon Alpha (HuIFN- α); 2.9.2. Recombinant-Feline Interferon Omega (rFeIFN- ω) ; 2.10. Nonspecific Immunostimulants; 2.10.1. Staphylococcal Protein A (SPA) 2.10.2. Propionibacterium Acnes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812819103321 |
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates : , : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., , [2015] | ||
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Ciba Foundation Symposium on Drug Resistance in Micro-Organisms [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms of development. / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary) |
Collana | Ciba Foundation symposium |
Soggetto topico | Drug resistance in microorganisms |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-76861-4
9786613679383 0-470-71905-2 0-470-71652-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
DRUG RESISTANCE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Aspects of the problem of drug resistance in bacteria; Discussion; Indirect selection and origin of resistance; Discussion; Genetic aspects of drug resistance; Discussion; Inheritance in single bacterial cells; Discussion; Penicillin-induced resistance to penicillin in cultures of Bacillus cereus; Discussion; Directed hereditary changes of fermentative properties of yeast by a specific substrate; Discussion; Multiple mechanisms of acquired drug resistance; Discussion
Physiological (phenotypic) mechanisms responsible for drug resistanceDiscussion; Genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying multiple levels of sulphonamide resistance in pneumococci; Discussion; The phenotypic expression of genes determining various types of drug resistance following their inheritance by sensitive bacteria; Discussion; Specific polyhydroxy compounds as cofactors of enzymic adaptation and its inheritance; Discussion; Development of resistance to streptomycin in Serratia marcescens; Discussion Distribution of drug-resistant individuals in cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosisDiscussion; Physiological adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics; Discussion; Drug resistance of staphylococci with special reference to penicillinase production; Discussion; On the identification of genetic and non-genetic variation in bacteria; Discussion; The reactions of the mutagenic alkylating agents with proteins and nucleic acids; Discussion; Genetics of two different mechanisms of resistance to colicins: resistance by loss of specific receptors and im- munity by transfer of colicinogenic factors DiscussionGeneral Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144680603321 |
Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] | ||
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Ciba Foundation Symposium on Drug Resistance in Micro-Organisms [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms of development. / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary) |
Collana | Ciba Foundation symposium |
Soggetto topico | Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN |
1-280-76861-4
9786613679383 0-470-71905-2 0-470-71652-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
DRUG RESISTANCE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Aspects of the problem of drug resistance in bacteria; Discussion; Indirect selection and origin of resistance; Discussion; Genetic aspects of drug resistance; Discussion; Inheritance in single bacterial cells; Discussion; Penicillin-induced resistance to penicillin in cultures of Bacillus cereus; Discussion; Directed hereditary changes of fermentative properties of yeast by a specific substrate; Discussion; Multiple mechanisms of acquired drug resistance; Discussion
Physiological (phenotypic) mechanisms responsible for drug resistanceDiscussion; Genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying multiple levels of sulphonamide resistance in pneumococci; Discussion; The phenotypic expression of genes determining various types of drug resistance following their inheritance by sensitive bacteria; Discussion; Specific polyhydroxy compounds as cofactors of enzymic adaptation and its inheritance; Discussion; Development of resistance to streptomycin in Serratia marcescens; Discussion Distribution of drug-resistant individuals in cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosisDiscussion; Physiological adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics; Discussion; Drug resistance of staphylococci with special reference to penicillinase production; Discussion; On the identification of genetic and non-genetic variation in bacteria; Discussion; The reactions of the mutagenic alkylating agents with proteins and nucleic acids; Discussion; Genetics of two different mechanisms of resistance to colicins: resistance by loss of specific receptors and im- munity by transfer of colicinogenic factors DiscussionGeneral Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910643378903321 |
Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] | ||
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Ciba Foundation Symposium on Drug Resistance in Micro-Organisms [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms of development. / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary) |
Collana | Ciba Foundation symposium |
Soggetto topico | Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN |
1-280-76861-4
9786613679383 0-470-71905-2 0-470-71652-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
DRUG RESISTANCE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Aspects of the problem of drug resistance in bacteria; Discussion; Indirect selection and origin of resistance; Discussion; Genetic aspects of drug resistance; Discussion; Inheritance in single bacterial cells; Discussion; Penicillin-induced resistance to penicillin in cultures of Bacillus cereus; Discussion; Directed hereditary changes of fermentative properties of yeast by a specific substrate; Discussion; Multiple mechanisms of acquired drug resistance; Discussion
Physiological (phenotypic) mechanisms responsible for drug resistanceDiscussion; Genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying multiple levels of sulphonamide resistance in pneumococci; Discussion; The phenotypic expression of genes determining various types of drug resistance following their inheritance by sensitive bacteria; Discussion; Specific polyhydroxy compounds as cofactors of enzymic adaptation and its inheritance; Discussion; Development of resistance to streptomycin in Serratia marcescens; Discussion Distribution of drug-resistant individuals in cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosisDiscussion; Physiological adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics; Discussion; Drug resistance of staphylococci with special reference to penicillinase production; Discussion; On the identification of genetic and non-genetic variation in bacteria; Discussion; The reactions of the mutagenic alkylating agents with proteins and nucleic acids; Discussion; Genetics of two different mechanisms of resistance to colicins: resistance by loss of specific receptors and im- munity by transfer of colicinogenic factors DiscussionGeneral Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996201245303316 |
Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] | ||
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Ciba Foundation Symposium on Drug Resistance in Micro-Organisms [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms of development. / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary) |
Collana | Ciba Foundation symposium |
Soggetto topico | Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN |
1-280-76861-4
9786613679383 0-470-71905-2 0-470-71652-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
DRUG RESISTANCE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Aspects of the problem of drug resistance in bacteria; Discussion; Indirect selection and origin of resistance; Discussion; Genetic aspects of drug resistance; Discussion; Inheritance in single bacterial cells; Discussion; Penicillin-induced resistance to penicillin in cultures of Bacillus cereus; Discussion; Directed hereditary changes of fermentative properties of yeast by a specific substrate; Discussion; Multiple mechanisms of acquired drug resistance; Discussion
Physiological (phenotypic) mechanisms responsible for drug resistanceDiscussion; Genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying multiple levels of sulphonamide resistance in pneumococci; Discussion; The phenotypic expression of genes determining various types of drug resistance following their inheritance by sensitive bacteria; Discussion; Specific polyhydroxy compounds as cofactors of enzymic adaptation and its inheritance; Discussion; Development of resistance to streptomycin in Serratia marcescens; Discussion Distribution of drug-resistant individuals in cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosisDiscussion; Physiological adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics; Discussion; Drug resistance of staphylococci with special reference to penicillinase production; Discussion; On the identification of genetic and non-genetic variation in bacteria; Discussion; The reactions of the mutagenic alkylating agents with proteins and nucleic acids; Discussion; Genetics of two different mechanisms of resistance to colicins: resistance by loss of specific receptors and im- munity by transfer of colicinogenic factors DiscussionGeneral Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830591303321 |
Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] | ||
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Ciba Foundation Symposium on Drug Resistance in Micro-Organisms [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms of development. / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary) |
Collana | Ciba Foundation symposium |
Soggetto topico | Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN |
1-280-76861-4
9786613679383 0-470-71905-2 0-470-71652-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
DRUG RESISTANCE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Aspects of the problem of drug resistance in bacteria; Discussion; Indirect selection and origin of resistance; Discussion; Genetic aspects of drug resistance; Discussion; Inheritance in single bacterial cells; Discussion; Penicillin-induced resistance to penicillin in cultures of Bacillus cereus; Discussion; Directed hereditary changes of fermentative properties of yeast by a specific substrate; Discussion; Multiple mechanisms of acquired drug resistance; Discussion
Physiological (phenotypic) mechanisms responsible for drug resistanceDiscussion; Genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying multiple levels of sulphonamide resistance in pneumococci; Discussion; The phenotypic expression of genes determining various types of drug resistance following their inheritance by sensitive bacteria; Discussion; Specific polyhydroxy compounds as cofactors of enzymic adaptation and its inheritance; Discussion; Development of resistance to streptomycin in Serratia marcescens; Discussion Distribution of drug-resistant individuals in cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosisDiscussion; Physiological adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics; Discussion; Drug resistance of staphylococci with special reference to penicillinase production; Discussion; On the identification of genetic and non-genetic variation in bacteria; Discussion; The reactions of the mutagenic alkylating agents with proteins and nucleic acids; Discussion; Genetics of two different mechanisms of resistance to colicins: resistance by loss of specific receptors and im- munity by transfer of colicinogenic factors DiscussionGeneral Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910840998203321 |
Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957] | ||
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Cold war resistance : the international struggle over antibiotics / / Marc Landas |
Autore | Landas Marc <1972-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 615.7922 |
Soggetto topico |
Cold War - Biological warfare
Antibiotics industry - History Antibiotics - History Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN |
1-64012-366-0
1-64012-105-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795624903321 |
Landas Marc <1972->
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Cold war resistance : the international struggle over antibiotics / / Marc Landas |
Autore | Landas Marc <1972-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 615.7922 |
Soggetto topico |
Cold War - Biological warfare
Antibiotics industry - History Antibiotics - History Drug resistance in microorganisms |
ISBN |
1-64012-366-0
1-64012-105-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825566003321 |
Landas Marc <1972->
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Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , 2020 | ||
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Combating antimicrobial resistance : a one health approach to a global threat : proceedings of a workshop / / Ceci Mundaca-Shah, V. Ayano Ogawa, and Anna Nicholson, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 616.9041 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Anti-infective agents |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-309-46653-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480194603321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2017 | ||
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Combating antimicrobial resistance : a one health approach to a global threat : proceedings of a workshop / / Ceci Mundaca-Shah, V. Ayano Ogawa, and Anna Nicholson, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 616.9041 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Anti-infective agents |
ISBN |
0-309-46655-5
0-309-46653-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796356603321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2017 | ||
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