This book presents a thorough and authoritative overview of the multifaceted field of antibiotic science – offering guidance to translate research into tools for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. 

• Provides readers with knowledge about the broad field of drug resistance
• Offers guidance to translate research into tools for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases
• Links strategies to analyze microbes to the development of new drugs, socioeconomic impacts to therapeutic strategies, and public policies to antibiotic-resistance-prevention strategies

JOSÉ-LUIS CAPELO-MARTÍNEZ PHD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the NOVA University of Lisbon.

GILBERTO IGREJAS PHD, is an Associate Professor with habilitation in the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro in Portugal.