The antimicrobial drugs /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Principles of antimicrobial therapy
- Determinants of bacterial response to antimicrobial agents
- Drug resistance
- Pt. 2. Drugs employed in the treatment of bacterial infections
- The inhibitors of cell wall synthesis, I: mechanism of action of the penicillins, cephalosporins, vancomycin, and other inhibitors of cell wall synthesis
- The inhibitors of cell wall synthesis, II: pharmacology and adverse effects of the penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, monobactams, vancomycin, and bacitracin
- Bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis: the aminoglycosides
- Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis: chloramphenicol, macrolides, clindamycin, spectinomycin, tetracyclines, and streptogramins
- The antimetabolites: the sulfonamides and trimethoprim (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole)
- Antibiotics that affect membrane permeability: polymyxin B, colistin, and gramicidin A
- The urinary tract antiseptics: nalidixic acid and cinoxacin; nitrofurantoin; methenamine; fosfomycin
- The fluoroquinolones
- Drugs that act on mycobacteria: isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, streptomycin, and pyrazinamide; the second-line antituberculosis drugs; drugs effective against leprosy; drugs effective against the mycobacterium avium complex
- Pt. 3. Drugs employed in the treatment of fungal infections
- Antifungal drugs: the polyene antibiotics, flucytosine, azoles, iodide, griseofulvin, and topical agents
- Pt. 4. Drugs employed in the treatment of parasitic disease
- Chemotherapy of malaria
- Chemotherapy of protozoal diseases
- Chemotherapy of helminthic diseases
- Pt. 5. Drugs employed in the treatment of viral infections
- Chemotherapy of viral infections, I: drugs used to treat influenza virus infections, herpesvirus infections, and drugs with broad-spectrum antiviral activity
- Chemotherapy of viral infections, II: antiretroviral agents.