The two volumes included in Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Second Edition is an updated
comprehensive and multidisciplinary reference covering the area of antimicrobial drug
resistance in bacteria fungi viruses and parasites from basic science clinical and
epidemiological perspectives. This newly revised compendium reviews the most current research
and development on drug resistance while still providing the information in the accessible
format of the first edition. The first volume Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Mechanisms of
Drug Resistance is dedicated to the biological basis of drug resistance and effective avenues
for drug development. With the emergence of more drug-resistant organisms the approach to
dealing with the drug resistance problem must include the research of different aspects of the
mechanisms of bacterial resistance and the dissemination of resistance genes as well as
research utilizing new genomic information. These approaches will permit the design of novel
strategies to develop new antibiotics and preserve the effectiveness of those currently
available. The second volume Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Clinical and Epidemiological
Aspects is devoted to the clinical aspects of drug resistance. Although there is evidence that
restricted use of a specific antibiotic can be followed by a decrease in drug resistance to
that agent drug resistance control is not easily achieved. Thus the infectious diseases
physician requires input from the clinical microbiologist antimicrobial stewardship personnel
and infection control specialist to make informed choices for the effective management of
various strains of drug-resistant pathogens in individual patients. This 2-volume set is an
important reference for students in microbiology infectious diseases physicians medical
students basic scientists drug development researchers microbiologists epidemiologists and
public health practitioners.
