Full Description
The medical management of infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy can be a daunting task for health care professionals. Although expansive textbooks and online resources are available, a simplified, quick reference guide is needed for the day-to-day office and hospital clinical practice. Mayo Clinic Antimicrobial Therapy: Quick Guide, Second Edition, provides information about infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy in a format that is readilyaccessible and easily applicable to the clinical environment. Highlights of this book include drug dosing recommendations for renal function and renal replacement therapies, drugs of choice for specific organisms (including bacteria, fungi, and viruses), and simplified antimicrobial and management recommendations for specific infectious syndromes.Mayo Clinic Antimicrobial Therapy: Quick Guide, Second Edition, will assist health care providers in the management of infectious diseases and in the selection of appropriate antimicrobial therapy in a time-efficient manner.
Contents
I. Antimicrobial Dosing-Adult ; Adult Antimicrobial Dosing ; Adult Dosing for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) ; Vancomycin Adult Dosing and Monitoring ; Aminoglycoside Adult Dosing and Monitoring ; II. Antimicrobial Dosing-Pediatric ; Pediatric Antimicrobial Dosing ; Pediatric Vancomycin Dosing ; Pediatric Aminoglycoside Dosing ; III. Antimicrobial Agent Fundamentals ; Pharmacokinetics of Antimicrobial Agents ; Antimicrobial Drug Levels ; Laboratory and Clinical Toxicity Monitoring ; IV. Treatment of Specific Organisms ; Spectrum of Activity ; Bacteria: Preferred and Alternate Treatment Options ; Bacterial Drug Resistance ; Fungi: Preferred and Alternate Treatment Options ; Viruses: Preferred and Alternate Treatment Options ; V. Infectious Syndromes in Adults ; Clinical Approach to Patients With Infection ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Treatment ; Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis ; Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections ; Central Nervous System Infections ; Urinary Tract Infections ; Soft Tissue Infections: Nontoxigenic ; Soft Tissue Infections: Necrotizing or Toxigenic ; Surgical Prophylaxis ; Osteomyelitis ; Acute Native Joint Infections ; Gastrointestinal Infections ; Intra-Abdominal Infections ; Management of the Febrile Neutropenic Patient ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases ; Tuberculosis ; Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections ; Fungal Infections ; Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection ; Select Opportunistic Infections in Adult Patients With HIV ; Occupational Postexposure Prophylaxis and Management ; Tick-Borne Infections ; Zoonotic (Animal-Associated) Infections ; Vaccination Schedules ; Travel Medicine/Prophylaxis
