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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria - A Continuous Challenge in the New Millennium

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Marina Pana
Marina Pana

Cantacuzino Institute,
Romania

Published04 April 2012

Doi10.5772/1058

ISBN978-953-51-0472-8

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4308-6

Copyright year2012

Number of pages588

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Open access  chapters

2. Antibiotic Resistance in Nursing Homes

By Giorgio Ricci, Lucia Maria Barrionuevo, Paola Cosso, Patrizia Pagliari and Aladar Bruno Ianes

2,592
3. The Natural Antibiotic Resistances of the Enterobacteriaceae Rahnella and Ewingella

By Wilfried Rozhon, Mamoona Khan and Brigitte Poppenberger

3,809
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6. Emergence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria from Coastal Environment - A Review

By K.C.A. Jalal, B. Akbar John, B.Y. Kamaruzzaman and K. Kathiresan

3,183
3
7. Biofilms: A Survival and Resistance Mechanism of Microorganisms

By Castrillón Rivera Laura Estela and Palma Ramos Alejandro

4,725
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8. Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilms and Quorum Sensing in Acinetobacter Species

By K. Prashanth, T. Vasanth, R. Saranathan, Abhijith R. Makki and Sudhakar Pagal

7,315
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9. Prevalence of Carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii

By M.M. Ehlers, J.M. Hughes and M.M. Kock

6,477
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10. Staphylococcal Infection, Antibiotic Resistance and Therapeutics

By Ranginee Choudhury, Sasmita Panda, Savitri Sharma and Durg V. Singh

4,970
1
11. Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus Species of Animal Origin

By Miliane Moreira Soares de Souza, Shana de Mattos de Oliveira Coelho, Ingrid Annes Pereira, Lidiane de Castro Soares, Bruno Rocha Pribul and Irene da Silva Coelho

3,733
13. Single Cell Level Survey on Heterogenic Glycopeptide and β-Lactams Resistance

By Tomasz Jarzembowski, Agnieszka Jóźwik, Katarzyna Wiśniewska and Jacek Witkowski

2,095
14. Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Can Enhance the In Vivo Fitness of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

By Elizabeth A. Ohneck, Jonathan A. D'Ambrozio, Anjali N. Kunz, Ann E. Jerse and William M. Shafer

2,457
17. Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Faecal E. coli: A Longitudinal Cohort-Control Study of Hospitalized Horses

By Mohamed O. Ahmed, Nicola J. Williams, Peter D. Clegg, Keith E. Baptiste and Malcolm Bennett

2,719
20. Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria in Food

By María Consuelo Vanegas Lopez

3,856
22. Design, Development and Synthesis of Novel Cephalosporin Group of Antibiotics

By Kumar Gaurav, Sourish Karmakar, Kanika Kundu and Subir Kundu

6,395
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24. Antimicrobial Resistance and Potential Probiotic Application of Enterococcus spp. in Sea Bass and Sea Bream Aquaculture

By Ouissal Chahad Bourouni, Monia El Bour, Pilar Calo-Mata and Jorge Barros-Velàzquez

3,522
25. Antibiotic-Free Selection for Bio-Production: Moving Towards a New "Gold Standard"

By Régis Sodoyer, Virginie Courtois, Isabelle Peubez and Charlotte Mignon

4,195
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26. Antibiotic Susceptibility of Probiotic Bacteria

By Zorica Radulović, Tanja Petrović and Snežana Bulajić

3,798

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