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