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Antibiotics Simplified
Authors: Jason C. Gallagher, Conan MacDougallOVERVIEW
“This book focuses on key points of basic microbiology and antimicrobial pharmacotherapy and organizes them into a concise guide … must-have antimicrobial reference guide for all medical and pharmacy students.” – Lindsay McDonnell, PharmD for Doody’s Review Service
Antibiotics Simplified, Fifth Edition is a best-selling, succinct guide designed to bridge knowledge gained in basic sciences courses with clinical practice in infectious diseases. This practical text reviews basic microbiology and how to approach the pharmacotherapy of a patient with a presumed infection. It also contains concise Drug Class Reviews with an explanation of the characteristics of various classes of antibacterial drugs and antifungal drugs.
This text simplifies learning infectious disease pharmacotherapy and condenses the many facts that are taught about antibiotics into one quick reference guide. This guide will help students learn the characteristics of antibiotics and why an antibiotic is useful for an indication. With an understanding of the characteristics of the antibiotics, students will be able to make a logical choice to treat an infection more easily.
Features and Benefits
- Figures and Flow Charts
- Drug Class Reviews
- Spectra of Activity Chart
- Case Studies
- Index for Reference
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Part 1 Considerations with Antibiotic Therapy
- Chapter 1 The Wonderful World of Microbiology
- Chapter 2 General Approach to Infectious Diseases
- Chapter 3 Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 4 Antibiotic Pharmacodynamics
- Chapter 5 Adverse Consequences of Antibiotic Use
- Chapter 6 Antibiotic Resistance
- Part 2 Antibacterial Drugs
- Chapter 7 Beta-Lactams
- Chapter 8 Glycopeptides and Short-Acting Lipoglycopeptides
- Chapter 9 Long-Acting Glycopeptides
- Chapter 10 Fluoroquinolones
- Chapter 11 Aminoglycosides
- Chapter 12 Tetracyclines and Modified Tetracyclines
- Chapter 13 Macrolides
- Chapter 14 Oxazolidinones
- Chapter 15 Nitroimidazoles
- Chapter 16 Nitrofurans and Fosfomycin
- Chapter 17 Streptogramins
- Chapter 18 Cyclic Lipopeptides
- Chapter 19 Folate Antagonists
- Chapter 20 Lincosamides
- Chapter 21 Polymyxins
- Chapter 22 Clostridioides difficile-Specific Agents
- Part 3 Antimycobacterial Drugs
- Chapter 23 Antimycobacterial Drugs
- Chapter 24 Rifamycins
- Chapter 25 Isoniazid
- Chapter 26 Pyrazinamide
- Chapter 27 Ethambutol
- Part 4 Antifungal Drugs
- Chapter 28 Antifungal Drugs
- Chapter 29 Polyenes
- Chapter 30 Antifungal Antimetabolites
- Chapter 31 Azoles
- Chapter 32 Echinocandins
- Chapter 33 Terpenoids
- Part 5 Antiviral Drugs
- Chapter 34 Antiviral Drugs
- Chapter 35 Anti-Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella-Zoster Virus Agents
- Chapter 36 Anti-cytomegalovirus Agents
- Chapter 37 Anti-influenza Antivirals
- Chapter 38 Anti-coronavirus Antivirals
- Chapter 39 Antiretroviral Drugs
- Chapter 40 Antiviral Interferons
- Chapter 41 Direct-Acting Anti-hepatitis C Agents
- Chapter 42 Ribavirin
- Chapter 43 Hepatitis B Nucleoside Analogs
- Chapter 44 Anti-SARS-2-CoV Antibody Therapies
- Part 6 Antiparasitic Drugs
- Chapter 45 Antiparasitic Drugs
- Chapter 46 Quinolines
- Chapter 47 Atovaquone
- Chapter 48 Benzimidazoles
- Chapter 49 Pentamidine
- Chapter 50 Ivermectin
- Chapter 51 Artemisinins
- Appendix 1 Selected Normal Human Flora
- Appendix 2 Spectrum of Activity
- Appendix 3 Empiric Regions for Common Infections
- Appendix Index
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