Full Description
This is the latest edition of Antibiotic Essentials, a pocket guide to antimicrobial therapy and infectious diseases, updated annually. Not simply a collection of guidelines, but a practical and authoritative guide, written by expert clinicians for practising clinicians, presented in a user friendly format. Antibiotic Essentials provides an overview of antimicrobial therapy, followed by guidance on therapy for over 550 clinical syndromes, including cardiovascular infections, sexually transmitted diseases, sepsis, and transplant infections. Subsequent chapters cover antibiotic susceptibility profiles, parasites, fungi and other organisms, HIV infections and prophylaxis. A separate chapter covers infectious diseases and antimicrobial agents in paediatrics. A chest x-ray atlas and a list of antibiotic pearls and pitfalls are also provided. This new edition encompasses over 170 antimicrobial drug summaries in its concluding chapter, including six recently approved antimicrobials, new to this edition. Each antimicrobial drug summary includes pharmacokinetic data, antibiotic resistance potential, adverse effects, drug interactions, and dosing recommendations.Antibiotic Essentials is edited by Burke A Cunha MD MACP, Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, and Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine, one of the world's leading experts on antimicrobial therapy and infectious diseases. Key Points * New edition of annual publication Antibiotic Essentials * Fully updated to provide latest therapeutic recommendations * Antibiotic Essentials is a user friendly, practical, pocket guide, written by experienced clinicians, for practising clinicians * Previous edition (9789351523468) published 2014
Contents
1. Overview of Antimicrobial Therapy 2. Empiric Therapy Based on Clinical Syndrome CNS Infections HEENT Infections Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Cardiovascular Infections Gastrointestinal Tract Infections Genitourinary Tract Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Bone and Joint Infections Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Sepsis/Septic Shock Febrile Neutropenia Transplant Infections Toxin - Mediated Infectious Diseases Bioterrorist Agents 3. Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiles and Initial Therapy of Isolates Pending Susceptibility Results 4. Parasites, Fungi, Unusual Organisms Blood Pathogens CSF/Brain Pathogens Lung Pathogens Heart Pathogens Liver Pathogen Stool/Intestines Pathogens Skin/Muscle Pathogens 5. HIV Infection 6. Prophylaxis and Immunizations 7. Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Drug Summaries 8. Chest X-Ray Atlas 9. Infectious Disease Differential Diagnosis 10. Antibiotic Pearls & Pitfalls 11. Antimicrobial Drug Summaries Appendix Index Color Atlas of CSF, SPUTUM, and Urine Gram Stains & Fungal Stains
