Antibiotics Simplified

by Gallagher, Jason C.; MacDougall, Conan

• ISBN13: 9780763759599
• ISBN10: 0763759597
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-02
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Antibiotics Simplified is a succinct guide designed to bridge knowledge gained in basic sciences courses with clinical practice in infectious diseases. Introductory chapters explain the rationale behind the treatment of infectious diseases, describe a system for selecting antimicrobial agents and briefly review basic microbiology. Later chapters present relevant characteristics of drug classes, emphasizing clinical "pearls" for individual agents, and also include content on antifungals. The concise nature of the text allows for emphasis on key points, allowing readers to extract the most important characteristics of anti-infective drugs from the larger mass of material that they learn from detailed pharmacology textbooks. This is an ideal handbook for students as well as practicing pharmacists, physicians, and other clinicians!

Author Biography

Conan MacDougall is Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.

Table of Contents

Considerations with Antibiotic Therapy	p. 1
The Wonderful World of Microbiology	p. 3
General Approach to Infectious Diseases	p. 13
Antibiotic Pharmacodynamics	p. 19
Adverse Consequences of Antibiotic Use	p. 25
Antibacterial Drugs	p. 31
Beta-Lactams	p. 33
Glycopeptides	p. 65
Fluoroquinolones	p. 69
Aminoglycosides	p. 73
Tetracyclines and Glycylcyclines	p. 77
Macrolides and Ketolides	p. 81
Oxazolidinones	p. 85
Nitroimidazoles	p. 87
Nitrofurans	p. 91
Streptogramins	p. 93
Cyclic Lipopeptides	p. 95
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole	p. 97
Lincosamides	p. 101
Antifungal Drugs	p. 105
Introduction to Antifungal Drugs	p. 107
Polyenes	p. 111
Antimetabolites	p. 115
Azoles	p. 119
Echinocandins	p. 131
Selected Normal Human Flora	p. 134
Useful Antimicrobial Spectra	p. 136
Index	p. 139
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