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Anti-Infective Agents and Their Use in Therapy
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Eighth Edition
By
Roger Finch, MB BS, FRCP, FRCP(Ed), FRCPath, FFPM, Professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Division of Microbiology
and Infectious Disease, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals
David Greenwood, BSc, PhD, DSc, FRCPath, Emeritus Professor of Antimicrobial Science, University of Nottingham Medical School
S. Ragnar Norrby, MD, PhD, FRCP , Professor, The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
Richard Whitley, MD, Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics; Professor in Pediatrics, Medicine and Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Description
The completely revised and updated New Edition of this respected resource presents globally-relevant coverage of all types of antimicrobial
agents used in human medicine, providing authoritative guidance on the principles and practice of antimicrobial chemotherapy. In addition
to full coverage of every commonly used antibiotic agent, it includes complete coverage of all antiviral, antiprotozoan and anthelminthic
agents. And, its unique 3-part structure makes it easy to locate information: Part I covers general aspects of treatment; Part II reviews
every agent, including antimicrobial activity, pharmacokinetics, clinical use, and available preparations; Part III details the treatment
of particular infections.
Audience
Infectious Diseases and Oncology
Contents
Part I: General Aspects
1. Historical Introduction
2. Modes of Action
3. The Problem of Resistance
4. General
Principles of Pharmockinetics and Pharacodynamics
5. Antibiotics in Renal Failure
6. Drug Interactions Involving Antomicrobial
Agents
7. Antibiotics and Immune System
8. General Principles of Chemotherapy
9. Laboratory Control of Antimicrobial Therapy
10.
Principles of Chemoprophylaxis
11. Antibiotic Policies
12. Drug discoveries – pre – clinical
13. Drug discoveries – clinical
trail stage
Part II: Agents
14. Aminoglycosides and aminocyclitols
15. Beta-lactams: Cephalosporins
16.
Beta-lactams: Penicillins
17. Other Beta-lactams
18. Chloramphenicol and Thiamphenicol
19. Diaminopyrimidines
20. Fosfomycin
and Fosmidomycin
21. Fusidanes
22. Glycopepties
23. Lincosamides
24. Macrolides and ketolides
25. Mupirocin
26. Nitrofurans
27. Nitroimidazoles
28. Oxazolidinones
29. Quinolones
30. Rifamycins
31. Streptogramins
32. Sulphonamides
33.
Tetracyclines
34. Other antibacterial agents (coumairns, cyclic petides, amino acid analogues & oligopeptides
35. Antifungal Agents
36.
Antimycobacterial Agents
37. Anthelmintics
38. Antiprotozoal Agents
39. Antiviral Agents – anti-HIV
40. Antiviral Agents – other
Part III: Treatment
41. Sepsis
42. Abdominal and Other Surgical Infections
43. Infections
Associated with Neutropenia
44. Infections in Intensive Care Patients
45. Infections Associated with Implanted Devices
46. HIV
and AIDS
47. Infections of the Upper Respiratory
48. Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract
49. Endocarditis
50. Infections
of the Gastro – Intestinal Tract
51. Hepatitis
52. Infections of the Skin and Soft Tissues
53. Infections of the Central Nervous
System – Bacterial
54. Infections of the Central Nervous System – Viral
55. Bone and Joint Infections
56. Infections of the
Eye
57. Urinary Tract Infections
58. Infections of Obstetrics
59. Sexually Transmitted Infections
60. Leprosy
61. TB
and other Mycobacterial Infections
62. Fungal Infections
63. Zoonoses
64. Malaria
65. Other Protozoal Infections
66. Helminthic
Infections
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Hardbound, 1000 pages, publication date: MAR-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07129-4
ISBN-10: 0-443-07129-2
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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