Use of Antibiotic Core Structures to Generate New and Useful Macrolide Antibiotics

International experts summarize the most important research to provide a timely overview of the field. Opening chapters define antibiotic, explain why we need new compounds, outline the applications of antibiotics, both old and new, and describe the producing microbes. Remaining chapters cover topics ranging from antibiotic resistance, toxicity and overuse to novel technologies for antibiotic discovery and antibiotics pipeline.