The medical management of infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy can be a daunting task for health care professionals. Although expansive textbooks and online resources are available, we believe that a more simplified, quick reference guide is needed for the day-to-day office and hospital clinical practice. This book is designed to provide information about infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy in a format that is readily accessible and easily applicable to the clinical environment.
Highlights of this book include simplified and thorough drug dosing recommendations for renal function and renal replacement therapies, drugs of choice for specific organisms (including bacteria, fungi, and viruses), and
simplified antimicrobial and management recommendations for specific infectious syndromes.
This book will assist health care providers in the management of infectious diseases and in the selection of appropriate antimicrobial therapy in a time-efficient manner. This book is not meant to serve as a comprehensive review of all infectious diseases topics. Instead, readers are encouraged to seek supplemental information from additional published resources and from the prescribing information provided by pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Contents
I. Antimicrobial Agent Fundamentals
- Spectrum of Activity
- Pharmacokinetics of Antimicrobial Agents
- Antimicrobial Assays/Drug Levels
- Laboratory and Clinical Toxicity Monitoring
II. Antimicrobial Dosing—Adult and Pediatric
- Adult Antimicrobial Dosing
- Adult Dosing for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
- Vancomycin Adult Dosing and Monitoring
- Aminoglycoside Adult Dosing and Monitoring
- Pediatric Antimicrobial Dosing
III. Treatment of Specific Organisms
- Bacteria: Preferred and Alternate Treatment Options
- Bacterial Drug Resistance Issues
- Fungi: Preferred and Alternate Treatment Options
- Viruses: Preferred and Alternate Treatment Options
IV. Infectious Syndromes in Adults
- Clinical Approach to Patients With Infection
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis
- Central Nervous System Infections
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Soft-Tissue Infections: Nontoxigenic
- Soft-Tissue Infections: Necrotizing or Toxigenic
- Surgical Prophylaxis
- Osteomyelitis
- Acute Native Joint Infections
- Gastrointestinal Infections
- Intra-Abdominal Infections
- Neutropenic Fever Empiric Management
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections
- Zoonotic (Animal-Associated) Infections
- Tick-Borne Infections
- Fungal Infections
- Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection
- Select Opportunistic Infections in Adult HIV Patients
- Occupational Postexposure Prophylaxis and Management .
- Vaccination Schedules
- Travel Medicine/Prophylaxis
Product Details
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Informa Healthcare (May 22, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1420085182
- ISBN-13: 978-1420085181
- Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
List Price: $50.00