Antibacterial Drug Discovery to Combat MDR : Natural Compounds, Nanotechnology and Novel Synthetic Sources / / edited by Iqbal Ahmad, Shamim Ahmad, Kendra P. Rumbaugh |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 680 p. 63 illus., 31 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 616.9041 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical microbiology
Pharmacology Infectious diseases Bacteriology Nanotechnology Medical Microbiology Pharmacology/Toxicology Infectious Diseases Medicaments antibacterians Nanotecnologia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 981-13-9871-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Antibacterial drug discovery: perspective insights -- Section A: The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance and Tolerance -- Problematic Groups of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria and their Resistance Mechanisms -- Emergence and spread of multi-drug resistance in ocular bacterial pathogens: A current update -- Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni: mechanism, status and public health significance -- Mechanisms of biofilm development, antibiotic resistance & tolerance and their role in persistent infections -- Developing in vivo infection models with MDR pathogens for evaluating compound efficacy -- Section B. New antibiotic drug discovery approaches and progress -- Endophytes: a hidden treasure of novel antimicrobial metabolites -- Alternative therapies to antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial pathogens -- In silico molecular modeling: key technologies in the drug discovery process to combat multidrug resistance -- Computational approaches for antibacterial drug discovery -- Efflux pump inhibitors and their role in the reversal of drug resistance -- Medicinal plants as a reservoir of new structures for anti-infective compounds -- Essential oils: Potential application in disease management -- Exploration of soil resistome through a metagenomic approach -- Actinomycetes as a continued source of new antibacterial leads -- Are Ancient Remedies the New Answer to Fighting Infections? -- Section C. Alternative antibiotic resistance treatment strategies -- Pre and probiotics: Using functional foods in the fight against microbial resistance to antibiotics -- Combination of drugs: an effective approach for enhancing the efficacy of antibiotics to combat drug resistance -- Targeted delivery of antibiotics using microparticles to combat multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis -- Practical applications of bacteriophage therapy: biofilms to bedside -- Inhibition of Quorum sensing; prospects in disease control -- Approaches for disrupting tissue-associated biofilms -- Nanomedicine and nanoemulsion in increasing the availability of antibiotics -- Nanoparticles as new emerging antibacterials: potential and limitation -- Nanomaterials as a novel class of anti-infective agents that attenuate bacterial quorum sensing -- Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems: promising approaches against bacterial infections -- Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles: characterization and their antibacterial efficacy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910373918903321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Antibiofilm Agents : From Diagnosis to Treatment and Prevention / / edited by Kendra P. Rumbaugh, Iqbal Ahmad |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (495 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.9041 |
Collana | Springer Series on Biofilms |
Soggetto topico |
Microbiology
Medical microbiology Infectious diseases Medical Microbiology Infectious Diseases |
ISBN | 3-642-53833-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Medical Biofilms -- Biofilms in Disease -- The Use of DNA Methods to Characterize Biofilm Infection -- Imaging Biofilms in Tissue Specimens -- Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Fungi and Their Significance in Biofilms -- Horizontal Gene Transfer in Planktonic and Biofilm Modes -- The Role of Quorum Sensing in Biofilm Development -- Part II: Strategies for Biofilm Control -- Current and Emergent Control Strategies for Medical Biofilms -- The Effect of Plasmids and Other Biomolecules on the Effectiveness of Antibiofilm Agents -- Antimicrobial Coatings to Prevent Biofilm Formation on Medical Devices -- Medicinal Plants and Phytocompounds: A Potential Source of Novel Antibiofilm Agents -- Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Formation and Inhibition -- Novel Targets for Treatment Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms -- Inhibition of Fungal Biofilms -- Biofilm Control Strategies in Dental Health -- Inhibition of Polymicrobial Biofilms: Recent Trends -- Antibiofilm Strategies in the Food Industry -- Part III: The Future of Antibiofilm Agents -- Biofilm Inhibition by Nanoparticles -- Drug Delivery Systems That Eradicate and/or Prevent Biofilm Formation -- Eradication of Wound Biofilms by Electrical Stimulation -- The Effects of Photodynamic Therapy in Oral Biofilms -- Clinical and Regulatory Development of Antibiofilm Drugs: The Need, The Potential and The Challenges. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298319703321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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