Main description:

The multi-faceted issue of antimicrobial resistance has fast gained momentum and emerged as a potential global threat. An effort has been made through this compilation, to foray into the realm of renegade microbes that have threatened to wreak havoc worldwide. The contributory papers are descriptive of the incidences of resistant pathogens in the health care sector, agriculture, environment and food, and mechanisms of their evolved resilience. Alternative methods to curb the menace and strategies that might help mitigate the situation have also been discussed and reviewed.

Contents:

Preface
Challenge of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections
Biocontrol of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria using Bacteriophage: An Emerging Approach
Mechanisms of Drug Action and Drug Resistance with Special Reference to Mycobacteria
Emerging Trends of Multi-Drug Resistance in Bacteria: A Journey from Community Acquired to Nosocomial Infection
Drug Resistance among Salmonella Enterica Subspecies Enterica Serotype Typhi with Special Reference to Ciprofloxacin and Ceftriaxone
Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Potential of Some Medicinal Plants
Lectin in Antimicrobial Therapy
Carbapenem Resistance in Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital in North India
Actinomycetes: An Importunate Source of Novel Antimicrobial Agents for Resistant Bugs
Modulation of Resident Flora by Metronidazole during Amoebiasis
Antibacterial Compound for Resistant Bugs from a Myxobacterium sp.
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Common Human Pathogenic Bacteria and Yeasts against Commercially Available Drugs
Using Microbes to Detoxify Pesticide Residues
Problem of Fungicide Resistance in Crop Protection and Strategies for its Management
Biofertilizer: Role in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Agriculture
Rural India Perceives that Use of Antibiotics in Farm Animals must be influencing Antibiotic Resistance Development in Humans: Do the Regulators Think So?
Integrated Pest Management in Antimicrobial Resistance: Current Status and Prospects in India
Metagenomic Approaches for Bioprospecting Novel Antibiotics
Study on the Effectiveness of Isolated Phosphorous Solubilizing Bacteria on Chickpea Cultivation
Study on the Effectiveness of Formulated Biofertilizer Based on Compost in Rice Cultivation
Bioherbicides: An Alternative Novel Strategy in Agriculture to Control Weeds Resistant to Conventional Herbicides
Organic Farming: The Ultimate Strategy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
Awareness Scenario Amongst the Vegetable Growers Towards Application of Pesticides in Agra District
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Food Perspective
Antimicrobial Resistant Salmonella and Campylobacter from Indian Foods
Probiotics and Plants as an Alternative Antimicrobial Agent
Resistant Bacteria in Milk Samples: What are the Implications for Spread of Resistance and Public Health?
Antibiotic Resistance in Starter Strains of Streptococcus thermophilus
Cyanobacterial Resistance in Agrochemicals
The Emerging Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in the Environmental Isolates of Vibrio cholerae isolated from South Kerala
Detection of Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole Coupled with Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Hospital Wastewater
Properties of Antibiotic Resistant Indicator Microbes of Polluted Site of Mahanadi River
Biodiversity of Multiple Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli from Indoor Air
Chemoinformatics and Molecular Interactions
Partial Characterization of a Novel Micrococcus Specific Antimicrobial Substance Purified from a Newly Isolated Bacterium: Bacillus subtilis RH 124
Comparative Study of Binding Mode of Curcuminiods at the Active Site of Thioredoxin Reductase: Design and Synthesis of Anticancer Drugs
New Approaches to Drug Discovery for Combating Tuberculosis: The Open Source Concept
Systems Biology Approach in Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance: A Case Study on Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Diagnosis of Ferredoxin in Mutant Strains of Trichomonas Vaginalis for Increased Drug Resistance
In silico Modeling of AmpC Gene Product in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Engineered Crops: An Update
Antimicrobial Resistance, Globalization and Access to Medicines: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights
Discovery and Development of New Antibiotics
Intellectual Property Rights and Issues in Microbial Inventions
Subject Index
Author Index.