Resistance to Antibiotics Are We Prepared to Handle This Growing Ghost? |
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| Author:
| Bhardwaj, Ashima Kushwaha |
| Editor:
| Bhardwaj, Ashima Kushwaha |
| ISBN: | 978-1-63278-076-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | OMICS International
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $59.00 |
Book Description:
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Multi drug resistance(MDR) observed in a wide range of pathogens of bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic origin and cancer cells has emerged as a global public health concern. Diminishing glory of the antibiotics has led to the search for newer strategies for future therapies. According to the WHO reports released in 2014, we are fast heading towards post-antibiotic era. The global dissemination of antibiotic resistance and the genes encoding such resistance phenotypes is due to...
More DescriptionMulti drug resistance(MDR) observed in a wide range of pathogens of bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic origin and cancer cells has emerged as a global public health concern. Diminishing glory of the antibiotics has led to the search for newer strategies for future therapies. According to the WHO reports released in 2014, we are fast heading towards post-antibiotic era. The global dissemination of antibiotic resistance and the genes encoding such resistance phenotypes is due to horizontal gene transfer that utilizes diverse processes and diverse genetic elements such as mobile genetic elements.Swift and wide dissemination of the drug resistance genes crosses the species and genera barriers. Therefore, to search for the newer targets for antibiotic production, newer drugs and newer mechanisms, it is of paramount importance that the mechanisms that lead to the origin, evolution and dissemination of MDR be understood in greater details.