Antibiotic Essentials 2009New! Updated for 2009! Antibiotic Essentials is a concise, practical, and authoritative guide to the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases commonly encountered in adults. It covers 542 clinical infectious disease syndromes, HIV infection, 134 detailed drug summaries, pediatric infectious diseases, and a chest x-ray atlas. Topics include: Empiric Therapy Based on Clinical Syndrome Initial Therapy Based on Isolates Pending Susceptibility Testing HIV Infection Fungi, Parasites, Unusual Organisms Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Immunizations Drug Summaries |
Contents
Chapter 3 Initial Therapy of Isolates Pending Susceptibility Results | 173 |
Chapter 4 Parasites Fungi Unusual Organisms | 224 |
Chapter 5 HIV Infection | 272 |
Chapter 6 Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Immunizations | 318 |
Chapter 7 Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Drug Summaries | 347 |
Chapter 8 Chest XRay Atlas | 384 |
Chapter 9 Infectious Disease Differential Diagnosis | 433 |
Common terms and phrases
478-483 for explanations abscess acute Allergic Potential Amoxicillin amphotericin antibiotics antiretroviral assumes normal renal/hepatic aureus Azithromycin Ceftriaxone Cerebrospinal Fluid Penetration chronic Clin Infect Clindamycin Clinical Presentation continuous veno-venous hemofiltration creatinine clearance Cunha BA CVVH dose Diagnostic Considerations dialysis dialysis patients diarrhea disease dose per CrCl Doxycycline Drug Class Drug Interactions Ertapenem Excreted unchanged urine fever fluconazole followed by maintenance give supplemen give usual dose HD/PD hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis hemofiltration hepatic immediately after dialysis influenza itraconazole IV-to-PO Switch IV/PO L/kg Primary Mode lesions levofloxacin Linezolid maintenance dose mcg/mL Bioavailability meningitis Meropenem mg/kg mL/min and give mL/min No change Mode of Elimination Moxifloxacin Noninfectious normal renal/hepatic function oral Peak serum level Pharmacokinetic Parameters Pitfalls Plasma protein binding pneumonia Post-HD post-HD/PD dose Post-PD dose Prognosis prophylaxis Quinolone renal insufficiency risk of serotonin Safety in Pregnancy serotonin syndrome Serum half-life normal/ESRD Therapeutic Considerations TMP-SMX treatment Usual Pathogens vancomycin voriconazole weeks