
Antibiotic Resistance
Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches
- 1st Edition - June 14, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Kateryna Kon, Mahendra Rai
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 3 6 4 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 3 6 6 8 - 6
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discusses up-to-date knowledge in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and all recent advances in fighting microbial resistance such as the applications of nanotechnology, plant products, bacteriophages, marine products, algae, insect-derived products, and other alternative methods that can be applied to fight bacterial infections.Understanding fundamental mechanisms of antibiotic resistance is a key step in the discovery of effective methods to cope with resistance. This book also discusses methods used to fight antibiotic-resistant infection based on a deep understanding of the mechanisms involved in the development of the resistance.
- Discusses methods used to fight antibiotic-resistant infection based on a deep understanding of mechanisms involved in the development of the resistance
- Provides information on modern methods used to fight antibiotic resistance
- Covers a wide range of alternative methods to fight bacterial resistance, offering the most complete information available
- Discusses both newly emerging trends and traditionally applied methods to fight antibiotic resistant infections in light of recent scientific developments
- Offers the most up-to-date information in fighting antibiotic resistance
- Includes involvement of contributors all across the world, presenting questions of interest to readers of both developed and developing countries
Researchers, scientists, teachers of universities, medical practitioners in microbiology, bacteriology, biotechnology and pharmacology
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 14, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 436
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128036426
- eBook ISBN: 9780128036686
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Kateryna Kon
Dr. Kon's scientific contributions include more than 100 publications, 6 books and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon’s research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria, coping with microbial resistance by plant essential oils and nanoparticles, microbiology of surgical and gynaecological infections, application of different statistical methods to analysis of biomedical data.
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Mahendra Rai
Prof. Mahendra Rai is a UGC Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. He is currently a senior visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Brazil.
His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, focusing on the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. His research is interdisciplinary, integrating microbial biotechnology with nanotechnology.
Professor Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education and the Medini Award from the Government of India. He has participated in multiple international collaborations and has held visiting positions at various institutions, including the University of Geneva (Switzerland), Debrecen University (Hungary), and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland).