Understanding antibacterial action and resistance / A. D. Russell and I. Chopra.
By: Russell, A. D. (Allan Denver).
Contributor(s): Chopra, I. (Ian) [author].
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Ellis Horwood, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 2nd edition.Description: xv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0131248278 (paperback); 9780131248274 (paperback).Subject(s): Antibacterial agents -- Physiological affect | Drug resistance in microorganismsDDC classification: 616.9201Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.9201 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00068091 |
Previous ed.: 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Mode of action of antibiotics and their uptake into bacteria -- Antiseptics, disinfectants and preservatives: their properties, mechanisms of action and uptake into bacteria -- Sporistatic and sporicidal agents: their properties and mechanisms of action -- Genetic and biochemical basis of acquired resistance to chemotherapeutic antibiotics -- Genetic and biochemical basis of resistance to antiseptics, disinfectants and preservatives -- Mechanisms of spore resistance to biocides -- Impact on society of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and biocides and ways of counteracting it.