Antibiotics: Actions, Origins, Resistance

by Christopher Walsh

This is the first comprehensive book on antibiotics since the 1981 classic by Gale et al. It focuses on the increased interest in antibiotics due to emerging bacterial diseases and resistance. It shows how antibiotics work on targets; gives new insights into antibiotic modification and design; and reviews strategies for finding novel antibiotics.

335 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2003

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

As recommended in Graduate Pharmacology.

[Jason Yang · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a bit dated, but it has a nice, terse summary of different antibiotics killing mechanisms. Reads like a long review article.