Clinical Use of Anti infective Agents A Guide on How to Prescribe Drugs Used to Treat Infections 2nd Edition by Robert W. Finberg 9783030674595 3030674592

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• ISBN 10: 3030674592
• ISBN 13: 9783030674595
• Author: Robert W. Finberg

This second edition of Clinical Use of Anti-Infective Agents provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to using drugs to treat infections, including historical perspectives, definitions, and discussion of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and their uses. It includes a detailed explanation of different classes of drugs, outlining their spectrum, pharmacokinetics, side effects, and dosing in clinical settings. This book has been designed as a reference tool for pharmacists, clinicians, nurse practitioners, and clinical microbiologists, as well as a teaching vehicle for students studying infection and patient treatment. Each section includes references allowing for in-depth study of specific agents, Q&As, and illustrative case studies accompanied by commentary on how to approach patients and organisms, optimal methods of making a diagnosis, and prescribing treatment.

Table contents:

Part I. Introduction to Anti-infective Therapy, Structures and Mechanisms of Action of Commonly Used Antibacterial Agents
1. Introduction and History
2. Basic Principles of Drug Delivery and Dosing
3. Sulfonamides
4. Penicillins
5. Cephalosporins
6. Monobactam: Aztreonam
7. Carbapenems
8. Glycopeptides and Other Agents Used to Treat Gram-Positive Cocci
9. Vancomycin Dosing: New Area-Under-the-Curve-Based Therapeutic Monitoring
10. Aminoglycosides
11. Macrolides
12. Metronidazole and Clindamycin
13. Quinolones
14. Tetracyclines
15. Pleuromutilin
16. Antimicrobial Stewardship: Evolution into the Twenty-First Century
Part II. The Clinician Approaches a Patient with an Infectious Disease
17. Clinical Approach to the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
18. Understanding Drug Allergies and Drug Toxicities
19. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
20. Principles of Antibiotic Resistance
21. Clinical Approach to Treatment of Bacterial Infections
22. Clinical Approach to Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections
23. Clinical Approach to Treatment of Fungal Infections
24. Clinical Approach to Treatment of Viral Infections
Part III. Sample Cases and Analyses of the Use of Anti-infective Agents
25. Sample Cases and Analyses of the Use of Anti-infective Agents

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