Antibiotics changed medical practice by significantly decreasing the morbidity and mortality
associated with bacterial infection. However, infectious diseases remain the leading cause …

The discovery of antibiotics in the previous century lead to reduction in mortality and
morbidity due to infectious diseases but their inappropriate and irrational use has resulted in …

In recent years, the Infectious Diseases Society of America has highlighted a faction of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella …

With the advent of the antibiotic era, the overuse and inappropriate consumption and
application of antibiotics have driven the rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens …

This chapter describes reference dilution (MIC) and disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility
test methods for nonfastidious, aerobic bacteria. It describes CLSI (United States) and EUcst …

To clarify whether apoptosis is involved in the injury processes induced by autoantibody
against cardiac β1-adrenoceptor, we investigated the biological and apoptotic effects of …

Persistent infections involving slow-growing or non-growing bacteria are hard to treat with
antibiotics that target biosynthetic processes in growing cells. Consequently, there is a need …

The emergence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and
heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) over the past …

Treatment of infections is compromised worldwide by the emergence of bacteria that are
resistant to multiple antibiotics. Although classically attributed to chromosomal mutations …

Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic used for the treatment of Gram-positive
infections including complicated skin and skin structure infections, right-sided infective …