Antibiogram is the first English edition of the original French work published in 1985. Over the last twenty years, new categories of antibiotics have entered the market and numerous forms of resistance have appeared and multiplied. The revised volume comprehensively incorporates all of the major developments that have occurred in the field since the publication of the first edition.
The book is comprised of four sections: the antibiogram principles and methods, the antibiogram of the principal bacterial groups, technical specifications for antibiotics case studies, and appendixes and definitions.
With contributions made by more than fifty authors, this new volume is intended primarily for bacteriologists and biologists working in laboratory settings, for infectious disease specialists, for researchers in the pharmaceutical industry, and also for students.
Table of Contents
I. Principles and Methods of Antibiogram
1. Introduction, S. B. Levy
2. Biochemistry of Resistance, P. Plésiat
3. Genetics of Resistance, L. B. Rice
4. Bases for Clinical Categorization, D. Brown
5. Interpretative Reading, P. Courvalin
6. Phenotypic Techniques, G. Kahlmeter, J. Turnidge
7. Genotypic Techniques, M.-C. Ploy
8. Common Sources of Error, R. Jones
9. Reporting of the Results, F. Tenover
II. Antibiogram of Major Bacterial Groups
10. ß-Lactams and Staphylococcus, V. Cattoir
11. ß-Lactams and Streptococcus pneumococcus, M. Jacobs
12. ß-Lactams and Enterococcus, J.-L. Mainardi
13. ß-Lactams and Enterobacteria, R. Bonnet, R. A. Bonomo
14. ß-Lactams and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P. Nordmann
15. Antibiotic Resistance in Other Non-Fermentative Strict Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli, A. Philippon
16. Aminoglycosides and Gram-Positive Bacteria, R. Bismuth, P. Courvalin
17. Aminoglycosides and Gram-Negative Bacteria, T. Lambert
18. Quinolones and Gram-Positive Bacteria, E. Varon
19. Quinolones and Gram-Negative Bacteria, C.-J. Soussy
20. Glycopeptides and Staphylococcus, R. LeClercq
21. Glycopeptides and Enterococcus, P. Courvalin
22. Glyco-Lipo-Depsipeptides, H. Fraimow
23. Macrolides-Lincosamides-Streptogramins, R. LeClercq
24. Tetracyclines, C. Poyart, V. Cattoir
25. Oxazolidinones, R. LeClercq
26. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim, F. Goldstein
27. Chloramphenicol, Fosfomycin, Fusidic Acid, and Polymyxins, V. Cattoir
28. Listeria monocytogenes, O. F. Join-Lambert, S. Kayal
29. Corynebacteria, Ph. Riegel
30. Bacillus, E. Hernandez
31. Lactic Bacteria and Erysipelothrix, J. Tankovic
32. Acinetobacter and ß-Lactams, T. Naas
33. Acinetobacter and Other Antibiotics, T. Lambert
34. Haemophilus influenzae, O. Gaillot
35. Neisseria meningitidis, M.-K. Taha, J. D. Cavallo
36. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, J. D. Cavallo
37. Helicobacter pylori, F. Mégraud
38. Campylobacter, P. McDermott
39. Branhamella (Moraxella) catarrhalis, H. Chardon
40. Pasteurella, O. Gaillot
41. Legionella, S. Jarraud, J. Etienne
42. Aeromonas, Vibrio, and Plesiomonas, T. Fosse
43. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma, C. Bébéar
44. Chlamydia, B. de Barbeyrac
45. Dysgonic Fermenters, M. Vergnaud
46. Methods for the Study of Anaerobic Bacteria, L. Dubreuil
47. Gram-Positive Anaerobic Bacteria, J.-L. Pons, F. Barbut
48. Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria, L. Dubreuil
49. Mycobacteria, V. Jarlier
50. Bartonella, Borrelia, Brucella, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Coxiella, Francisella, and Treponema, M. Maurin
51. Nocardia, P. Boiron
52. Antibiogram in Veterinary Practice, F. M. Aarestrup
III. Protocols for the Study of Antibiotics
53. Antibiotics by Classes and Groups
54. Antibiotics by International Common Denomination
55. Preparation of Serial Dilutions of Antibiotics
56. Kinetic of Bactericidal Action
57. Combinations of Antibiotics
58. Measurement of Antibiotics in Human Body Fluids (M.-D. Kitzis)
59. Susceptibility Testing of Anaerobes (L. Dubreuil)
IV. Appendixes
Appendix I. Definitions
Appendix II. Strain Storage
Appendix III. Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix IV. Literature
Appendix V. Web Sites
Appendix VI. Alphabetical Index