Clinical Use of Anti-infective Agents: A Guide on How to Prescribe Drugs Used to Treat Infections

Description

This book was designed as a reference tool for pharmacists involved in the treatment of patients with infections. It is clinically oriented and designed to help students in all medical disciplines, and especially pharmacists and students of pharmacy who need information on choosing the correct drug, dose, and method of administration of an agent to patients with infectious diseases. Nurse practitioners and clinical microbiologists who need to understand the use of anti-infective agents in patients will also find this volume useful. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction and History....Pages 3-4 Basic Principles of Drug Delivery and Dosing....Pages 5-14 Sulfonamides....Pages 15-19 Penicillins....Pages 21-30 Cephalosporins....Pages 31-36 Monobactams....Pages 37-39 Carbapenems....Pages 41-44 Glycopeptides and Other Agents Used to Treat Gram-Positive Cocci....Pages 45-56 Aminoglycosides....Pages 57-62 Macrolides....Pages 63-66 Metronidazole and Clindamycin....Pages 67-70 Quinolones....Pages 71-74 Tetracyclines....Pages 75-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Clinical Approach to the Treatment of Infectious Diseases....Pages 81-84 Understanding Drug Allergies and Drug Toxicities....Pages 85-96 Principles of Antibiotic Resistance....Pages 97-98 Clinical Approach to Treatment of Bacterial Infections....Pages 99-101 Clinical Approach to Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections....Pages 103-104 Clinical Approach to Treatment of Fungal Infections....Pages 105-110 Clinical Approach to Treatment of Viral Infections....Pages 111-116 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Sample Cases and Analyses of the Use of Anti-infective Agents....Pages 119-126 Back Matter....Pages 127-181