ADVANCES IN GENETICS: MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE

By U. KAINN

CONTENTS 1 MAGIC BULLETS, MIRACLE DRUGS 2 A BRIEF LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ANTIBIOTICS 3 BACTERIA REVEAL THEIR ADAPTABILITY, THREATENING THE BRIEF REIGN OF ANTIBIOTICS 4 BACTERIA REVEAL THEIR ADAPTABILITY, THREATENING THE BRIEF REIGN OF ANTIBIOTICS 5 ANTIBIOTICS THAT INHIBIT BACTERIAL CELL WALL SYNTHESIS 6 ANTIBIOTICS THAT INHIBIT THE SYNTHESIS OF BACTERIAL PROTEINS 7 FLUOROQUINOLONES, SULFA DRUGS, AND ANTITUBERCULOSIS DRUGS 8 BACTERIAL PROMISCUITY: HOW BACTERIAL SEX CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE 9 THE LOOMING CRISIS IN ANTIBIOTIC AVAILABILITY 10 ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS 11 ANTIVIRAL, ANTIFUNGAL, AND ANTIPROTOZOAL COMPOUNDS