Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

by Finch, Roger; Davey, Peter; Wilcox, Mark H.; Irving, William

• ISBN13: 9780191770821
• ISBN10: 0191770825
• Edition: 6th
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2013-11-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Roger Finch, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust,Peter Davey, Lead Clinician for Clinical Quality Improvement Quality Safety and Informatics Research Group, Dundee,Mark H. Wilcox, Consultant, Clinical Director of Microbiology and Pathology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Leeds,William Irving, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Virology, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Table of Contents

Historical Introduction
Preface
Part One - Antimicrobial chemotherapy - the agents and their general properties
1. Inhibitors of bacterial cell wall synthesis
2. Inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis
3. Synthetic antibacterial agents and miscellaneous antibiotics
4. Antivirals - an introduction
5. Antiviral drugs
6. Anti-HIV Agents
7. Antifungal agents
8. Antiprotozoal and anthelminthic agents
Part Two - Antimicrobial chemotherapy - drug resistance, impact and control
9. The problem of resistance
10. The genetics and mechanisms of acquired resistance
11. Control of the spread of resistance
Part Three - Antimicrobial chemotherapy - the science and practice of use
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 Antibiotic Prescribing
17. Adverse drug reactions
18. Preventing infection - chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis (immunisation schedule)
19. Guidelines, formularies and antimicrobial policies
20. Antimicrobial stewardship and the multi-professional antimicrobial management team
Part Four - Antimicrobial chemotherapy - their therapeutic use
21. Respiratory tract infections
22. Topical use of antimicrobial agents
23. Urinary tract infections
24. Sexually transmitted infections
25. Gastrointestinal infections
26. Serious blood stream infections
27. Infections of the bones and joints
28. Infections of the central nervous system
29. Infections of the skin and soft tissues
30. Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases
31. Infections in the immunocompromised patient including HIV/AIDS
32. Viral infections
33. HIV infections
34. Viral hepatitis
35. Parasitic diseases
36. ostscript: the development and marketing of antimicrobial drugs