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Antibiotic and chemotherapy : anti-infective agents and their use in therapy /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Finch, R. G. (Roger G.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
Edition:Eighth edition.
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents > therapeutic use.
Infection > drug therapy.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical introduction
  • Modes of action
  • Problem of resistance
  • Pharmacodynamics of anti-infectives : target delineation and target attainment
  • Antimicrobial agents and the kidneys
  • Drug interactions involving antimicrobial agents
  • Antibiotics and the immune system
  • General principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy
  • Laboratory control of antimicrobial therapy
  • Principles of chemoprophylaxis
  • Antibiotic policies
  • Antibacterial drug discovery - what's in the pipeline?
  • Strategic and regulatory considerations in the clinical development of anti-infectives
  • Aminoglycosides and aminocyclitols
  • beta-Lactam antibiotics : cephalosporins
  • beta-Lactam antibiotics : penicillins
  • Other beta-lactam antibiotics
  • Chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol
  • Diaminopytimidines
  • Fosfomycin and fosmidomycin
  • Fusidanes
  • Glycopeptides
  • Lincosamides
  • Macrolides
  • Mupirocin
  • Nitrofurans
  • Nitroimidazoles
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Quinolones
  • Rifamycins
  • Streptogramins
  • Sulfonamides
  • Tetracyclines
  • Miscellaneous antibacterial agents
  • Antifungal agents
  • Anthelmintics
  • Antiprotozoal agents
  • Antiretroviral agents
  • Other antiviral agents
  • Sepsis
  • Abdominal and other surgical infections
  • Infections associated with neutropenia and transplantation Infections in intensive care patients
  • Infections associated with implanted medical devices
  • Antiretroviral therapy for HIV
  • Infections of the upper respiratory tract
  • Infections of the lower respiratory tract
  • Endocarditis
  • Infections of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Hepatitis
  • Skin and soft-tissue infections
  • Bacterial infections of the central nervous system
  • Viral infections of the central nervous system
  • Bone and joint infections
  • Infections of the eye
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Infections in pregnancy
  • Sexually transmitted diseases
  • Leprosy
  • Other mycobacterial infections
  • Fungal infections
  • Soonoses
  • Malaria
  • Other protozoal infections
  • Helminthic infections