Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and Their Components: Chapter 1. Alternative Antimicrobial Approaches to Fighting Multidrug-Resistant Infections
- ISBN-10
- 0128066725
- ISBN-13
- 9780128066720
- Series
- Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and Their Components
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-05-24
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc. Chapters
- Author
- Valerie Edwards-Jones
Description
The global increase in antimicrobial resistance has led to renewed interest in alternative antimicrobial treatment strategies. Research is being done into a wide range of possible treatment regimens, including phage therapy, novel vaccines, and novel peptides, to name a few. Many microbiologists continue to lobby their governments to ensure that the available antibiotics are retained for the treatment of serious infections and their inappropriate use is stopped. In addition, large pharmaceutical companies are being encouraged to develop new treatments for the future. Much research now focuses on medicinal plants and essential oils. These and other alternative approaches are outlined in this chapter.
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- Ebook
- Elsevier Inc. Chapters
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- 2013-05-24
- 296 pages
- Ebook
- Elsevier Inc. Chapters
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