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Fighting Bacterial Infections

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. Infection is a microbial phenomenon characterized by an inflammatory response to the presence of microorganisms or the invasion of normally sterile host tissue by these organisms. With the increase of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, searching for effective preventive measures, new antimicrobial agents, and therapeutic approaches becomes important.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected publications / More reference sources / Specialized sources  

Guides
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Greenwood, David, et al (eds.). Medical microbiology: a guide to microbial infections: pathogensis, immunity, laboratory diagnosis, and control.
QW 4 M224 1997
Schlager, Seymour I. Clinical management of infectious diseases: a guide to diagnosis and therapy.
WC 39 S341 1998
Wenzel, R., et al (eds.). A guide to infection control in the hospital.
WX 167 G842 1998
 
Singleton, Paul. Bacteria in biology, biotechnology and medicine.
QW4 S563 1999
 

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
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Zak, Oto (ed.). Handbook of animal models of infection: experimental models in antimicrobial chemotherapy.
WC 100 H236 1999
 
Edelson, Paul J. and Merle Sande (eds.). Handbook of pediatric infectious diseases with annotated key references.
WC 39 E334 1992
Collier, L., et al (eds.). Topley & Wilson's microbiology and microbial infections.
REF QW 4 T66 1998
Turkington, Carol and Bonnie Ashby. Encyclopedia of infectious diseases.
Consumer Health WC 13 T874 1998
 
Bycroft, B.W., et al (eds.). Dictionary of antibiotics and related substances.
REF QV 13 D52a 1988
 
Shafer, William M. (ed.). Antibacterial peptide protocols.
QU 25 A574 1997
Cruse, Julius M. and Robert E. Lewis. Illustrated dictionary of immunology.
QW 513 C787 1995
 
Singleton, Paul and Diana Sainsbury. Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology.
QW 13 S56 1987
 

Selected textbooks
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Virella, Gabriel. Microbiology, immunology, and infectious diseases.
QW 18.2 V473 1999
 
Dale, Jeremy W. Molecular genetics of bacteria.
QW 51 D143 1998
 
Sussman, M. (ed.). Escherichia coli: mechanisms of virulence.
QW 138.5 .E8 E7 1997
 
Holder, Ian A. (ed.). Bacterial enzymes and virulence.
QZ 65 B13 1985
 
Krause, Richard M. (ed.). Emerging infections.
WC 100 E437 1998
Yu, Victor L., et al (eds.). Antimicrobial therapy and vaccines.
QV 250 A677 1998
 
Busse, W. D., et al (eds.). Antibacterial therapy: achievements, problems, and future perspectives.
WC 200 A574 1997
Paoletti, Lawrence C. and Pamela M. McInnes (eds.). Vaccines, from concept to clinic: a guide to the development and clinical testing of vaccines for human use.
QW 805 V124 1999
Clark, C.R. and W. H. Moos (eds.). Drug discovery technologies.
QV 744 D782 1990
Mann, John. The elusive magic bullet: the search for the perfect drug.
QV 11.1 M266 1999
 
Ada, Gordon L. (ed.). Strategies in vaccine design.
QW 805 S772 1994

Birge, Edward A. Bacterial and bacteriophage genetics.
QW 51 B5 1994

More books

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Suggested subject headings: Bacteria
Bacteriology
Infection
Antibiotics
Microbiology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Immunologic Techniques
Drug design
Vaccines

 

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Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Antibiotics - Periodicals
Infection - Periodicals
Microbiology - Periodicals
Pharmaceutical Preparations - Periodicals
Immunotherapy - Periodicals
Drug Therapy - Periodicals
Drug Interactions - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

For article-level searching, log into the RML web site and select "Electronic Databases" from the drop-down box near the top of the page.  You might try the following databases:

Suggested search terms: Antibiotics
Antimicrobial Agents
Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Resistance
Drug Design
Drug Resistance
Vaccines
Pathogenesis
Immunotherapy

Selected Publications
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Scientific
 

Gootz TD. Discovery and development of new antimicrobial agents.   Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 1990 Jan; 3(1):13-31.

Yates RR. New intervention strategies for reducing antibiotic resistance. Chest. 1999 Mar; 115(3 Suppl):24S-27S.

Silver LL and Bostian KA. Discovery and development of new antibiotics: the problem of antibiotic resistance.  Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy. 1993 Mar; 37(3):377-83.

Moellering RC Jr. Antibiotic resistance: lessons for the future. Clinical Infectious  Diseases. 1998 Aug;27 Suppl 1:S135-40; discussion S141-2.

Popular

Lewis R. The rise of antibiotic-resistant infections.  FDA Consumer. 1995 Sep; 29(7):11-5.

Bell DM and Drotman DP. Confronting antimicrobial resistance: a shared goal of family physicians and the CDC.  American Family Physician. 1999 Apr 15; 59(8):2097-8, 2100.

Williams RJ, Heymann DL. Containment of antibiotic resistance.   Science. 1998 Feb 20; 279(5354):1153-4.

Service RF. Antibiotics that resist resistance. Science. 1995 Nov 3; 270(5237):724-7.

More reference sources
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Grabenstein, John D. (ed.). Immunofacts: vaccines & immunologic drugs.
REF QW 539 G712 1998-
Delves, Peter J. and Ivan M. Roitt (eds.). Encyclopedia of immunology.
REF QW 513 E529 1998
 
Lederberg, Joshua (ed.). Encyclopedia of microbiology.
REF QW 13 M527 1992

Specialized sources
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American Medical Video. The Azalides [kit]: a new era in antibiotic therapy.
AUDIO VISUALS  QV 350 A924 1991
Department of Pediatrics (601)984-5206
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Dr. Sandor Feldman sfeldman@pediatrics.umsmed.edu
 

Author:  Gongchao Yang
Copyright 1999 (Rev 2006 by LMYoung)
Reference Department,
Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson