Book[edited by] Roger Finch ... [et al.].
Contents:
1. Historical introduction
2. Modes of action
3. The problem of resistance
4. Pharmacodynamics of anti-infective agents: target delineation and susceptibility breakpoint selection
5. Antimicrobial agents and the kidneys
6. Drug interactions involving anti-infective agents
7. Antibiotics and the immune system
8. General principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy
9. Laboratory control of antimicrobial therapy
10. Principles of chemop rophylaxis
11. Antibiotic policies
12. Aminoglycosides and aminocyclitols
13. β-Lactam antibiotics : cephalosporins
14. β-Lactam antibiotics: penicillins
15. Other β-lactam antibiotics
16. Chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol
17. Diaminopyrimidines
18. Fosfomycin and fosmidomycin
19. Fusidanes
20. Glycopeptides
21. Lincosamides
22. Macrolides
23. Mupirocin
24. Nitroimidazoles
25. Oxazolidinones
26. Quinolones
27. Rifamycins
28. Streptogramins
29. Sulfonamides
30. Tetracyclines
31. Miscellaneous antibacterial agents
32. Antifungal agents
33. Antimycobacterial agents
34. Anthelmintics
35. Antiprotozoal agents
36. Antiretroviral agents
37. Other antiviral agents
38. Sepsis
39. Abdominal and other surgical infections
40. Infections associated with neutropenia and transplantation
41. Infections in intensive care patients
42. Infections associated with implanted medical devices
43. Antiretroviral therapy for HIV
44. Infections of the upper respiratory tract
45. Infections of the lower respiratory tract
46. Endocarditis
47. Infections of the gastrointestinal tract
48. Hepatitis
49. Skin and soft-tissue infections
50. Bacterial infections of the central nervous system
51. Viral infections of the central nervous system
52. Bone and joint infections
53. Infections of the eye
54. Urinary tract infections
55. Infections in pregnancy
56. Sexually transmitted diseases
57. Leprosy
58. Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections
59. Superficial and mucocutaneous mycoses
60. Systemic fungal infections
61. Zoonoses
62. Malaria
63. Other protozoal infections
64. Helminthic infections.