Cover Image

Infectious diseases handbook : including antimicrobial therapy & diagnostic tests/procedures /

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Pharmaceutical Association
Other Authors: Isada, Carlos M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hudson, Ohio : Lexi-Comp : American Pharmaceutical Association, [2002]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Series:Diagnostic medicine series.
Subjects:
Communicable Diseases > drug therapy > Handbooks.
Communicable Diseases > diagnosis > Handbooks.
Communicable Diseases > Handbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Descriptions of sections and fields used in this book
  • FDA pregnancy categories
  • Safe writing practices
  • FDA name differentiation project : the use of tall-man letters
  • Disease syndromes and organisms
  • Diagnostic tests/procedures
  • Antimicrobial therapy
  • Appendix : Antimicrobial activity against selected organisms
  • Calculations & pharmaceutical measures
  • - Desensitization & skin testing guidelines
  • Hepatitis laboratory diagnosis and management
  • HIV therapeutic information
  • Immunization guidelines
  • Infectious disease information
  • Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens (universal precautions)
  • Prevention of bacterial endocarditis
  • Prevention of wound infection and sepsis in surgical patients
  • Prophylaxis for patients exposed to common communicable diseases
  • Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
  • Tuberculosis guidelines