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Antimicrobial chemotherapy / Roger Finch [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finch, R. G. (Roger G.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-infective agents.
- Communicable diseases--Chemotherapy.
- Communicable diseases.
- Anti-infective agents--Therapeutic use.
- Infection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (482 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- The sixth edition of this successful book encourages good prescribing habits in doctors throughout the world, by describing the basic properties of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents, and discussing the principles underlying the rational use of antimicrobial agents in the management of infection.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Historical introduction
- Part 1 General properties of antimicrobial agents
- 1 Inhibitors of bacterial cell wall synthesis
- 2 Inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis
- 3 Synthetic antibacterial agents and miscellaneous antibiotics
- 4 Antiviral agents
- 5 Antiretroviral agents
- 6 Drugs used in the treatment of viral hepatitis
- 7 Antifungal agents
- 8 Antiprotozoal and anthelminthic agents
- Part 2 Resistance to antimicrobial agents
- 9 The problem of resistance
- 10 The genetics and mechanisms of acquired resistance
- 11 Control of the spread of resistance and Clostridium difficile infection
- Part 3 General principles of usage of antimicrobial agents
- 12 Laboratory investigations and the treatment of infection
- 13 General principles of the treatment of infection
- 14 Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles
- 15 Prescribing in children and the elderly
- 16 Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)
- 17 Adverse drug reactions
- 18 Chemoprophylaxis and immunization
- 19 Guidelines, formularies, and antimicrobial policies
- 20 Antibiotic stewardship and the multi-professional antimicrobial management team
- Part 4 Therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents
- 21 Respiratory tract infections
- 22 Topical use of antimicrobial agents
- 23 Urinary infections
- 24 Sexually transmitted infections
- 25 Gastrointestinal infections
- 26 Serious bloodstream infections
- 27 Bone and joint infections
- 28 Infections of the central nervous system
- 29 Skin and soft tissue infections
- 30 Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases
- 31 Infections in immunocompromised patients including HIV/AIDS
- 32 Viral infections
- 33 Management of HIV infection
- 34 Treatment of chronic viral hepatitis.
- 35 Parasitic diseases
- 36 The development and marketing of antimicrobial drugs
- Recommendations for further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 2, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9780191628658
- 0191628654
- 9780191770821
- 0191770825
- 9780191628641
- 0191628646
- OCLC:
- 778339644
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