Hugo and Russell's pharmaceutical microbiology / edited by Brendan F. Gilmore and Stephen P. Denyer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introducing pharmaceutical microbiology -- Introduction to pharmaceutical microbiology -- 2. Biology of microorganisms -- Fundamental features of microbiology -- Bacteria -- Fungi -- Viruses and other acellular infections agents: characteristics and control -- Protozoa -- 3. pathogens and host response -- Principles of microbial pathogenicity and epidemiology -- Microbial biofilms: consequences for health -- Immunology -- Vaccination and immunization -- 4. Prescribing therapeutics and infection control -- Antibiotics and synthetic antimicrobial agents: their properties and uses -- Mechanisms of action of antibiotics and synthetic anti-infective agents -- Bacterial resistance to antibiotics -- Clinical uses to antimicrobial drugs -- Antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship -- Infection prevention and control: healthcare-associated infection -- 5. contamination and contamination control -- Microbial spoilage, infection risk and contamination control -- Chemical disinfectants, antiseptics and preservatives -- Laboratory evaluation of antimicrobial agents -- Microbicides: mode of action and resistance -- Sterilization procedures and sterility assurance -- 6. pharmaceutical production -- Sterile pharmaceutical products and principles of good manufacturing practice -- The manufacture and quality control of immunological products -- Recombinant DNA technology -- 7. current trends and new directions -- The wider contribution of microbiology to the pharmaceutical sciences -- Alternative strategies to antibiotics: priorities for development.