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The new edition of this highly successful annual pocket guide presents clinicians with the most recent information in the field of antimicrobial therapy and infectious diseases.
Written by recognised experts in infectious disease, this edition discusses serum and urinary spectrum summaries of antibiotics and clinically relevant pharmacokinetics.
The eighteenth edition has been fully updated to provide clinicians with the latest advances in their field.
Unique features of the book include clinical synopses of common and uncommon infections worldwide, differential diagnosis of infectious diseases and non-infectious mimics, antibiotic IV-to-PO switch therapy options for infectious diseases; and HIV, HCV, Peds ID, antibiotic prophylaxis and immunisations, chest film differential diagnosis atlas, and gram stain atlas.
Key Points
- Eighteenth edition presenting most recent information in field of antimicrobial therapy and infectious disease
- Highly successful annual pocket guide
- Includes many new topics and updates on new drugs
- Authored by leading experts in the field
- Includes free access to the app
Cheston B Cunha MD FACP
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, Infectious Disease Division; Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Burke A Cunha MD MACP
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Brown University Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- OVERVIEW OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
- EMPIRIC THERAPY BASED ON CLINICAL SYNDROME
- ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILES AND INITIAL THERAPY OF ISOLATES PENDING SUSCEPTIBILITY RESULTS
- PARASITES, FUNGI, UNUSUAL ORGANISMS
- HIV INFECTION
- PROPHYLAXIS AND IMMUNIZATIONS
- PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PEDIATRIC DRUG SUMMARIES
- CHEST X-RAY ATLAS
- INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
- ANTIBIOTIC PEARLS & PITFALLS
- ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG SUMMARIES