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Antibiotic Basics for Clinicians, 4e
Hauser
Editore
Wolters Kluwer
Anno
2025
Pagine
312
ISBN
9781975227579
65,00 €
DA SCONTARE
Popular as a classroom text, for review, and as a clinical quick reference, Antibiotics Basics for Clinicians: Choosing the Right Antibacterial Agent, 4th Edition, helps readers master the rationale behind antibiotic selection for common bacterial pathogens and infectious diseases. Dr. Alan R. Hauser has updated this easy-to-understand, time-saving resource to cover the latest antibiotic medications and treatment guidelines in an easy-to-follow format: first, a basic overview of how antibiotics work, followed by agents used to treat different types of bacteria, and drug therapy approaches to common infectious diseases.
- Features full-color illustrations and updated content throughout, all designed to reinforce comprehension of the most relevant antibacterial agents and treatment guidelines
- Provides succinct, practical guidelines that simplify challenging content for easier understanding
- Includes pearls, mnemonics, “Remember” boxes, “History” boxes, and drug tables that save time and enhance retention of critical information
- Contains extensive review cases and questions to reinforce learning and clinical application
- Ideal for medical/clerkship, NP, and PA students and residents/fellows as an easily accessible, informative text designed to help learn and remember essential material in this complex area
Preface iv
Acknowledgements v
PART 1 Bacterial Basics
CHAPTER 1 Cell Envelope 3
CHAPTER 2 Protein Production 6
CHAPTER 3 Replication 10
CHAPTER 4 Measuring Susceptibility to Antibiotics 14
PART 2 Antibacterial Agents
CHAPTER 5 Antibiotics That Target the Cell Envelope 21
β-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS 22
PENICILLINS 27
CEPHALOSPORINS 34
CARBAPENEMS 46
MONOBACTAMS 51
GLYCOPEPTIDES 53
DAPTOMYCIN 58
POLYMYXINS 60
CHAPTER 6 Antibiotics That Block Protein Production 63
RIFAMYCINS 64
AMINOGLYCOSIDES 67
MACROLIDES 71
TETRACYCLINES 74
CLINDAMYCIN 78
OXAZOLIDINONES 80
NITROFURANTOIN 82
CHAPTER 7 Antibiotics That Target DNA and Replication 84
SULFA DRUGS 85
QUINOLONES 90
METRONIDAZOLE 95
CHAPTER 8 Antimycobacterial Agents 97
CHAPTER 9 Summary of Antibacterial Agents 100
PART 3 Definitive Therapy
CHAPTER 10 Gram-Positive Bacteria 107
STAPHYLOCOCCI 108
PNEUMOCOCCI 113
OTHER STREPTOCOCCI 116
ENTEROCOCCI 119
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES 123
CHAPTER 11 Gram-Negative Bacteria 125
ENTEROBACTERALES 126
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA 132
NEISSERIA SPP. 136
CURVED GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA 138
OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA 143
CHAPTER 12 Anaerobic Bacteria 149
CLOSTRIDIUM SPP. 150
ANAEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE BACILLI 153
CHAPTER 13 Atypical Bacteria 155
CHLAMYDIA 156
MYCOPLASMA 158
LEGIONELLA 160
BRUCELLA 162
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS 164
RICKETTSIA 166
CHAPTER 14 Spirochetes 168
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM 169
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI 171
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS 173
CHAPTER 15 Mycobacteria 175
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS 177
MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX 180
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE 182
PART 4 Empiric Therapy
CHAPTER 16 Pneumonia 187
CHAPTER 17 Urinary Tract Infections 194
CHAPTER 18 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 199
CHAPTER 19 Meningitis 202
CHAPTER 20 Cellulitis 207
CHAPTER 21 Otitis Media 211
CHAPTER 22 Infective Endocarditis 215
CHAPTER 23 Intravascular-Related Catheter Infections 223
CHAPTER 24 Intra-abdominal Infections 226
PART 5 Clinical Cases
PART 6 Review Questions and Answers
APPENDICES 263
1 Dosing of Antibacterial Agents in Adults 263
2 Dosing of Antibacterial Agents in Children 268
3 Dosing of Antibacterial Agents in Adults With Renal Insufficiency 274
4 Antibacterial Agents in Pregnancy 282
5 Generic and Trade Names of Commonly Used Antibacterial Agents 286
6 Medical References 289
7 Literary References 290
Index 291
