isolated from air 340
raw materials for manufacturing
process 347
MRSA see methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
msrA gene 191
mucociliary blanket of respiratory
tract 78
mucopeptide 5,80
slime layers 79
see also peptidoglycan
mucopolysaccharide slime layers 79
Mucor griseocyanus 487
Mucor sp. 340
mucous membranes 77-8, 280
commensal microflora 78
multidose products, contamination
sources 377,379
multidrug export genes 274
multidrug resistance 134
multidrug resistance pumps
(MDR) 196
multiple antibiotic resistance
(MAR) 196
mumps
vaccination 331
vaccine 306,313
virus 64
mupirocin 112-13
protein synthesis inhibition 173
resistance 192
murein 5
see also mucopeptide; peptidoglycan
mutagenicity testing 484-6
mutation
acquired resistance to biocides 272
drug resistance 133
reverse 484
mycobacteria
arabinogalactan synthesis 168
biocide resistance 264, 266,
269-70
mycolic acid synthesis 168
non-tuberculous infection 106
survival following phagocytosis 81
mycobactericides 241
Mycobacterium avium intracellular
276
antimicrobial agent choice 204
biocide resistance 269
Mycobacterium bovis 332
Mycobacterium chelonae 270
Mycobacterium leprae 32, 269
Mycobacterium smegmatis 25
Mycobacterium terrae 241
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 32
antimicrobial agent choice 204
biocide resistance 269, 270
chlorehexidine insusceptibility 217
glutaraldehyde sterilization 215
HIV infection 72
human infection 332
intermediate level disinfection 202
isoniazid resistance 168
multiple drug-resistant (MDRTB)
strains 118,134,196-7
mycobactericidal activity 241
rifampicin activity 106
streptomycin activity 107
survival following phagocytosis 81
transmission 276
tuberculin test 300
mycolic acid 270
synthesis 168
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
antibody production 86
pneumonia 138, 139
mycotoxins 49
myxoedema 298
myxoviruses 64
naftidine 178, 179
nalidixic acid 120, 133
pseudomonad selective media 19
nasopharynx, colonization 346
National Health Service
Crown immunity removal 380-1
purchasing policy 380
natural immunity 302
natural killer (NK) cells 297, 298
nebulizer device 417
necrotising fasciitis 26, 143
necrotoxins 283
Neisseria gonorrhoeae 26, 75
biocide sensitivity 268
plasmid transfer by transformation
183
sulphonamide resistance 181
transmission 87
Neisseria meningitidis 26
meningitis 144-5
respiratory tract infection 82
vaccine 307,311
Neisseria pharyngis 346
Neisseria spp.
erythromycin activity 108
properties 26
neomycin 106, 108
netilmicin 106, 108
neuraminidase 476
Neurospora crassa 35, 47-9
trichogyne 48
neurotoxins 14
neutralizing agents 240,448
neutrophils 280
nitrofurans 119,175
nitrofurantoin 119,133
DNA strand breakage 175
nitrofurazone 119
nitroimidazoles 175
nocardicins 102,103
non-ionic surfactants 358
non-nucleoside antiviral compounds
127
nor A and norB gene mutants 188
norfloxacin 120,121
gastrointestinal infections 143
noxythiolin 216
nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors 186-8
nucleic acids 259
nucleoside analogues 125-7
nucleoside triphosphate synthesis
173^
nystatin 114,725,179
O-antigens 284
occupational risks 336
oestradiol implants 421
ofloxacin 118
oils, microbial attack 358
oleandomycin 108, 109
olivanicacid 101, 102
ophthalmia, purulent 26
ophthalmic preparations 417-19
contact-lens solutions 418-19
design 417
eye drops 417-18
lotions 418
ointments 418
solutions 356
see also eye-drops
opsonization, pathogenesis 80
organic acids 473
organic chlorine compounds 218-19
organic polymers, microbial
attack 358
organomercury compounds
microbial attack 359
mycobacterial resistance 269
ornithosis 31
osteomyelitis, staphylococcal 26
overkill for virucidal activity 247
1-oxaphems 100-1
oxygen utilization pathway 18
oxyribonucleic acids 258
PAA see phenylacetic acid
p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) 176,
177
hyperproduction 187
sulphonamide activity 177
^-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) 117
packaging
contamination sources for non-sterile
products 377
dressings 420-1
injectable products 413
materials 348-9
microbial spoilage 364
pharmaceutical manufacture 429
polymers 358
preservatives 267-8
pandemics 88
papilloma virus 64
parabactin 474
parabens 210,212-13,267
bacterial spore activity 271
Paracoccus denitrificans 474
paramyxovirus 64
parasites
elimination 279
immunity 291
paratyphoid fever 29, 283
antibiotic treatment 142
MacConkey's medium 18
parenteral nutritional fluids
contaminated 356
see also total parenteral nutrition
paromomycin 108
passive immunity 327-8
Pasteurella pestis see Yersinia pestis
Pasteurella tularensis see Francisella
tularensis
pathogenesis
conjunctiva 79
consolidation 79-81
contact 78
intestinal tract 78
opsonization 80
phagocytosis avoidance 80-1
Index 503