Contents
SECTION I: BASICS OF MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
1. Rational Antimicrobial Therapy: Need of the Hour
2. Basics of Microbiologic Diagnosis
3. Antimicrobial Resistance: Current Scenario
4. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobials
5. Penicillins and Monobactams
6. Cephalosporins
7. Carbapenems
8. Beta-lactam and Beta-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations
9. Aminoglycosides
10. Macrolides and Azalides
11. Quinolones
12. Glycopeptides, Lipopeptides, Oxazolidinones, and Glycolipopeptides
13. Polymyxins, Newer Tetracyclines and Fosfomycin
14. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs
SECTION II: ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY OF INFECTIONS
15. General Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
16. Practicing Rational Antimicrobial Therapy
17. Antimicrobial Therapy in Acute Gastroenteritis
18. Antimicrobial Therapy in Intra-abdominal Infections
19. Antimicrobial Therapy in Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
20. Antimicrobial Therapy in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
21. Antitubercular Therapy
22. Antimicrobial Therapy in Enteric Fever
23. Antimicrobial Therapy in Urinary Tract Infections
24. Antimicrobial Therapy in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
25. Antimicrobial Therapy in Skeletal Infections
26. Antimicrobial Therapy in Central Nervous System Infections
27. Antimicrobial Therapy in Infective Endocarditis
28. Antimicrobial Therapy in Neonatal Sepsis
29. Antimicrobial Therapy in Septic Shock
30. Antimicrobial Therapy of Healthcare-associated Infections
31. Antimicrobial Therapy in Febrile Neutropenia
32. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
33. Antimalarial Therapy
34. Antiretroviral Therapy
35. Anthelminthic Therapy
36. Antiviral Therapy
37. Antifungal Therapy
38. Antimicrobial Therapy of Assorted Infections
SECTION III: CASE SCENARIOS OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
39. Rational Antimicrobial Therapy—Illustrative Cases
SECTION IV: READY RECKONER FOR ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS
40. Antimicrobial Formulary
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