This ? rst edition of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance grew out of a desire
by the editors and authors to have a comprehensive resource of
information on antimicrobial drug resistance that encompassed the
current information available for bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses.
We believe that this information will be of value to clinicians,
epidemiologists, microbiologists, virologists, parasitologists, public
health authorities, medical students and fellows in training. We have
endeavored to provide this information in a style which would be
accessible to the broad community of persons who are concerned with the
impact of drug resistance in our cl- ics and across the broader global
communities. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance is divided into Volume 1
which has sections covering a general overview of drug resistance and
mechanisms of drug resistance ? rst for classes of drugs and then by
individual microbial agents including bacteria, fungi, protozoa and
viruses. Volume 2 addresses clinical, epidemiologic and public health
aspects of drug resistance along with an overview of the conduct and
interpretation of speci? c drug resistance assays. Together, these two
volumes offer a comprehensive source of information on drug resistance
issues by the experts in each topic.