Overview
- Designed as a teaching vehicle for pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant, medical students and clinical practitioners
- Provides a quick-reference guide for pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and clinical microbiologists
- Features illustrative case studies, commentary, and study questions
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This second edition of Clinical Use of Anti-Infective Agents provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to using drugs to treat infections, including historical perspectives, definitions, and discussion of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and their uses. It includes a detailed explanation of different classes of drugs, outlining their spectrum, pharmacokinetics, side effects, and dosing in clinical settings. This book has been designed as a reference tool for pharmacists, clinicians, nurse practitioners, and clinical microbiologists, as well as a teaching vehicle for students studying infection and patient treatment.
Each section includes references allowing for in-depth study of specific agents, Q&As, and illustrative case studies accompanied by commentary on how to approach patients and organisms, optimal methods of making a diagnosis, and prescribing treatment.
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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The Clinician Approaches a Patient with an Infectious Disease
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Sample Cases and Analyses of the Use of Anti-infective Agents
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Robert W. FinbergRichard Haidack Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Worcester, MA, USA
Robert.Finberg@umassmed.edu
Roy Guharoy
System Vice President
Baptist Health System, Montgomery, AL
UMass Memorial Health Care Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Worcester, MA, USA
Roy.Guharoy@umassmemorial.org
Department of Medicine
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Worcester, MA, USA
Robert.Finberg@umassmed.edu
Roy Guharoy
System Vice President
Baptist Health System, Montgomery, AL
UMass Memorial Health Care Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Worcester, MA, USA
Roy.Guharoy@umassmemorial.org
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Clinical Use of Anti-infective Agents
Book Subtitle: A Guide on How to Prescribe Drugs Used to Treat Infections
Authors: Robert W. Finberg, Roy Guharoy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67459-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67458-8Published: 24 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67459-5Published: 23 July 2021
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 300
Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Immunology, Medicine/Public Health, general