Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Foreword, Pages xiii-xv, J.E. Davies
Preface, Pages xvii-xviii, L.E. Bryan
CHAPTER 1 - Interaction of ฮฒ-Lactam Antibiotics with ฮฒ-Lactamases as a Cause for Resistance, Pages 1-31, Karen Bush, Richard B. Sykes
CHAPTER 2 - ฮฒ-Lactams Resistant to Hydrolysis by the ฮฒ-Lactamases, Pages 33-79, Jed Fisher
CHAPTER 3 - Nonenzymatic Resistance to ฮฒ-Lactam Antibiotics and Resistance to Other Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors, Pages 81-111, Thomas R. Parr Jr., L.E. Bryan
CHAPTER 4 - Intrinsic Resistance and Whole Cell Factors Contributing to Antibiotic Resistance, Pages 113-145, A.J. Godfrey, L.E. Bryan
CHAPTER 5 - Resistance to Antibacterial Agents Acting on Cell Membranes, Pages 147-171, Robert E.W. Hancock, Thalia I. Nicas
CHAPTER 6 - Resistance to Antibacterial Agents Acting on Antifolate Metabolism, Pages 173-190, J.M.T. Hamilton-Miller
CHAPTER 7 - Resistance to the Tetracyclines, Pages 191-240, Stuart B. Levy
CHAPTER 8 - Aminoglycoside Resistance, Pages 241-277, L.E. Bryan
CHAPTER 9 - Resistance to Macrolides and Lincomycins, Pages 279-291, S. Mitsuhashi, M. Inoue
CHAPTER 10 - Resistance to Chloramphenicol and Fusidic Acid, Pages 293-315, Arnold L. Smith, Jane L. Burns
CHAPTER 11 - Resistance to Nitrofurans and Nitroimidazoles, Pages 317-344, H.R. Rabin, D.L. Lockerby
CHAPTER 12 - Bacterial Metal Ion Resistances, Pages 345-367, Anne O. Summers
CHAPTER 13 - Resistance to Antiviral Agents, Pages 369-391, M. John Gill, D. Lome Tyrrell
CHAPTER 14 - Resistance to Systemic Antifungal Agents, Pages 393-460, H.J. Scholer, Annemarie Polak
CHAPTER 15 - Resistance to Antimalarial Agents, Pages 461-485, E.B. Doberstyn
CHAPTER 16 - Plasmids of Enteric Bacteria, Pages 487-496, Naomi Datta
CHAPTER 17 - Resistance Plasmids of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pages 497-514, George A. Jacoby
CHAPTER 18 - Resistance Plasmids of Haemophilus and Neisseria, Pages 515-527, W.L. Albritton
CHAPTER 19 - Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids of Streptococci, Staphylococci, and Bacteroides, Pages 529-565, J. Brunton
Index, Pages 567-576