Hugo and Russell’s Pharmaceutical Microbiology

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Pharmaceutical Microbiology......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 7 List of contributors......Page 9 Preface to the eighth edition......Page 11 Preface to the first edition......Page 12 Part 1: Biology of microorganisms......Page 13 Introduction to pharmaceutical microbiology......Page 15 Fundamental features of microbiology......Page 21 Bacteria......Page 36 Fungi......Page 56 Viruses......Page 71 Protozoa......Page 96 Part 2: Pathogens and host responses......Page 119 Principles of microbial pathogenicity and epidemiology......Page 121 Microbial biofilms: consequences for health......Page 133 Immunology......Page 143 Vaccination and immunization......Page 163 Part 3: Prescribing therapeutics......Page 179 Antibiotics and synthetic antimicrobial agents: their properties and uses......Page 181 Mechanisms of action of antibiotics and synthetic anti-infective agents......Page 212 Bacterial resistance to antibiotics......Page 229 Clinical uses of antimicrobial drugs......Page 242 Antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic stewardship......Page 260 Public health microbiology: infection prevention and control......Page 269 part 4: Contamination and infection control......Page 283 Microbial spoilage, infection risk and contamination control......Page 285 Laboratory evaluation of antimicrobial agents......Page 305 Chemical disinfectants, antiseptics and preservatives......Page 324 Non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents: mode of action and resistance......Page 346 Sterilization procedures and sterility assurance......Page 364 Part 5: Pharmaceutical production......Page 391 Sterile pharmaceutical products......Page 393 Principles of good manufacturing practice......Page 414 The manufacture and quality control of immunological products......Page 428 Recombinant DNA technology......Page 447 Part 6: Current trends and new directions......Page 473 The wider contribution of microbiology to the pharmaceutical sciences......Page 475 Alternative strategies for antimicrobial therapy......Page 495 Index......Page 507