Antimicrobial Resistance of the Human Eye

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Antimicrobial Resistance of the Human Eye

Editore

Taylor & Francis

Anno

2024

Pagine

488

ISBN

9781032583495

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The book covers antimicrobial resistance in ocular diseases, including the microbiology of the ocular surface, the history and origin of antimicrobials, methods to detect antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial resistance genes, and the impact of antimicrobial resistance on a variety of ocular diseases. The inclusion of chapters covers bacterial keratitis, fungal keratitis, viral keratitis, acanthamoeba keratitis, endophthalmitis, dry eye disease, post fever retinitis, and uveitis including management and prevention of antimicrobial resistance.

Key Features:

Focusses on various ocular diseases and their association with antimicrobial resistance;
Includes data relevant to drug industry to develop drugs for specific ophthalmic use;
Illustrates ocular surface microbiome under various diseased condition;s
Highlights the microbes associated with the conjunctiva and cornea of the human eye;
Enumerates the changes in the abundance and diversity of the antimicrobial resistant (AMR) microorganisms in the diseased eye.

This book is aimed at professionals and researchers in ophthalmology, microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and public health.

Chapter 1: Microbes of the Ocular Surface of the Human Eye

Chapter 2: Antimicrobial Resistance: History and Origin of Antimicrobials, Targets of Action and Factors Contributing to Antimicrobial Resistance

Chapter 3: Methods to detect antimicrobial resistance in human ocular samples

Chapter 4: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: bacterial keratitis

Chapter 5: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: fungal keratitis

Chapter 6: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: viral keratitis

Chapter 7: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: Acanthamoeba keratitis

Chapter 8: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: Dry Eye Disease

Chapter 9: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: endophthalmitis

Chapter 10: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: Scleriltis

Chapter 11: Antimicrobial resistance in the diseased human eye: uveitis