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Antibiotic essentials / edited by Burke A. Cunha, MD, MACP.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antibiotics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Antibiotics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (803 pages) : illustrations, tables
- Edition:
- Fourteenth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, [India] : Jaypee, The Health Sciences Publishers, 2015.
- Summary:
- The book 'Antibiotic Essentials' comprises of eleven chapters that provide therapeutic recommendations are based on the contributors' clinical expertise and experience as well as the literature and clinical guidelines. First chapter provides overview of antimicrobial therapy that includes antibiotic selection as well as its dosing. Second chapter discusses empiric therapy for conditions, such as CNS infections, HEENT infections, lower respiratory tract infections, cardiovascular infections, gastrointestinal tract infections, genitourinary tract infections, etc. Third chapter tabulate antibiotic susceptibility profiles and initial therapy of isolates. Fourth chapter highlights parasites, fungi and other unusual organism that inhabits different parts of the body. Fifth chapter describes HIV infection|sixth chapter is on prophylaxis and immunizations|seventh chapter describes pediatric infectious diseases and chapter eight is chest X-ray atlas. Rest three chapter are on the differential diagnosis of infectious disease|antibiotic pearls & pitfalls and antimicrobial drug summaries, respectively.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Prelims
- Chapter-01_Overview of Antimicrobial Therapy
- Chapter-02_Empiric Therapy Based on Clinical Syndrome
- Chapter-03_Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiles and Initial Therapy of Isolates Pending Susceptibility Results
- Chapter-04_Parasites, Fungi, Unusual Organisms
- Chapter-05_HIV Infection
- Chapter-06_Prophylaxis and Immunizations
- Chapter-07_Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Drug Summaries
- Chapter-08_Chest X-Ray Atlas
- Chapter-09_Infectious Disease Differential Diagnosis
- Chapter-10_Antibiotic Pearls &
- Pitfalls
- Chapter-11_Antimicrobial Drug Summaries
- Appendix
- Index
- Color Atlas of CSF, Sputum, and Urine Gram Stains &
- Fungal Stains.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 93-86107-76-7
- OCLC:
- 960758487
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