Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment

ISBN-13: 9780367575175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 126 str.

Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas

Opis

 This book will review the available evidence and hypotheses on where antibiotic resistance is coming from and for how long has been there. It will discuss involved maintenance pressures, resistance spread, traits and laboratory and in-silico strategies to further investigate antibiotic resistance.

Spis treści

1 Definitions and Basic Concepts; 2 Have Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes Always Been Out There?; 3 Human-Related Release of Antibiotics into the Environment; 4 Spread of Resistant Organisms from Human Settlements into the Environment; 5 Impact of Antibiotics and Resistance in Non-Clinical Settings

O autorze

C.F. Amábile-Cuevas (DSc, Pharmacology), has been an active researcher in different aspects of antibiotic resistance for the last 25 years. Aside from experimental work on resistance prevalence, underlying mechanisms, selection and spread in the environment; he has authored several reviews and divulgation papers, and has authored/edited five books on antibiotic resistance. CFA-C was a visiting scholar at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University; was Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the National University of Mexico; and is founder and director of Fundacion Lusara, a private research institution based at Mexico City, devoted to research and teaching on antibiotic resistance.