(eBook) Antimicrobials – New and Old Molecules by Flavia Marinelli

This is the PDF eBook version for Antimicrobials – New and Old Molecules in the Fight Against Multi-resistant Bacteria by Flavia Marinelli, Olga Genilloud

Table of Contents

Julian Davies: The origin and evolution of antibiotics.- Gian Maria Rossolini, Fabio Arena, Simona Pollini: Novel infectious diseases and emerging Gram-positive multi-resistant pathogens in hospital and community acquired infections.- Yossi Paitan, Eliora Ron: Gram-negative pathogens: overview of novel and emerging pathogens and drugs.- Erika Leemans, Jed F. Fisher, Shahriar Mobashery: The ß-lactam antibiotics: their future in the face of resistance.- Giorgia Letizia Marcone, Flavia Marinelli: Glycopeptides: an old but up-to-date successful antibiotic class. – Richard H. Baltz: Daptomycin and related lipopeptides produced by fermentation, chemical modification, and combinatorial biosynthesis.- Jesus Cortés: Lantibiotics and similar peptides produced by and active on gram positives: discovery, development, perspectives.- Martti Vaara: Old and novel polymyxins against serious Gram-negative infections.- Guy T. Carter, Leonard A. McDonald: Uridyl peptide antibiotics: developments in biosynthesis and medicinal chemistry.- Herbert A. Kirst , Flavia Marinelli: Aminoglycoside antibiotics.- Herbert A. Kirst: Macrolides antibiotics.- Olga Genilloud, Francisca Vicente: Tetracycline antibiotics and novel analogs.- Giovanni Zappia, Cinzia Ingallina, Francesca Ghirga, Bruno Botta: Oxazolidin-2-ones: antibacterial activity and chemistry.- Herbert A. Kirst: Protein synthesis inhibitors from smaller antibiotic classes.- Stephen P. East: Actinonin and analogs: inhibitor of bacterial peptide deformylase.- Michael J. Pucci, Jason A. Wiles: Bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors: quinolones and beyond.- Olga Genilloud, Francisca Vicente: Strategies to discover novel antimicrobials to cope with emerging medical needs.