Clinical Use of Anti-infective Agents A Guide on How to Prescribe Drugs Used to Treat Infections /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Finberg, Robert W. (Συγγραφέας), Guharoy, Roy (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Infectious Diseases.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

          This book is an overview of the clinical approach to the use of anti-infective agents. A brief description of the drugs used to treat infections is followed by an analysis of approaches to diseases caused by different organisms (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). The final section consists of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction and History
• Sulfonamides
• Penicillins
• Cephalosporins
• Monobactam
• Carbapenems
• Glycopeptides and other agents used to treat gram-positive cocci
• Aminoglycosides
• Macrolides
• Metronidazole and Clindamycin
• Quinolones
• Tetracyclines
• Clinical approach to the treatment of infectious diseases
• Basic principles of Drug Delivery and Dosing
• Understanding drug allergies and drug toxicities
• Principles of antibiotic resistance
• Clinical approach to treatment of bacterial infections
• Clinical approach to treatment of mycobacterial infections
• Clinical approach to treatment of fungal infections
• Clinical approach to treatment of viral infections
• Sample case studies and analyses of approaches
• Appendix 1: Dosage and Intervals for Administration of IV Antimicrobials
• Appendix 2: Dosage and Intervals for Administration of Oral Antimicrobials
• Appendix 3: Oral Agents that may have interactions with food
• Appendix 4: Important interactions with commonly used anti-infectives
• Appendix 5: Drug interactions with anti-retroviral agents.