Antibiotics simplified /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gallagher, Jason C. (Author), MacDougall, Conan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2018]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Considerations with antibiotic therapy. The wonderful world of microbiology
  • General approach to infectious diseases
  • Antibiotic pharmacokinetics
  • Antibiotic pharmacodynamics
  • Adverse consequences of antibiotic use
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Part 2: Antibacterial drugs. Beta-lactams
  • Glycopeptides and short-acting lipoglycopeptides
  • Long-acting glycopeptides
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Aminoglycosides
  • Tetracyclines and glycylcyclines
  • Macrolides and ketolides
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Nitroimidazoles
  • Nitrofurans and fosfomycin
  • Streptogramins
  • Cyclic lipopeptides
  • Folate antagonists
  • Lincosamides
  • Polymyxins
  • Fidaxomicin
  • Part 3: Antimycobacterial drugs. Antimycobacterial drugs
  • Rifamycins
  • Isoniazid
  • Pyrazinamide
  • Ethambutol
  • Part 4: Antifungal drugs. Antifungal drugs
  • Polyenes
  • Antifungal antimetabolites
  • Azoles
  • Echinocandins
  • Part 5: Antiviral drugs. Antiviral drugs
  • Anti-herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus agents
  • Anti-cytomegalovirus agents
  • Neuraminidase inhibitors
  • Antiretrovial drugs
  • Antiviral interferons
  • Direct-acting anti-hepatitis C agents
  • Ribavirin
  • Hepatitis B nucleoside analogs
  • Part 6: Antiparasitic drugs. Antiparasitic drugs
  • Quinolines
  • Atovaquone
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Pentamidine
  • Ivermectin
  • Appendices. Selected normal human flora
  • Clinically useful spectra of activity
  • Empiric regimens for common infections.