Clinical Use of Anti-infective Agents
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.
Robert W. FinbergRichard Haidack Professor and ChairDepartment of MedicineUniversity of MassachusettsMedical SchoolWorcester, MA, USA
Robert.Finberg@umassmed.edu
Roy GuharoySystem Vice PresidentBaptist Health System, Montgomery, ALUMass Memorial Health Care Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA, USA Roy.Guharoy@umassmemorial.org
| ISBN | 9783030674595 |
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| Article number | 9783030674595 |
| Media type | eBook - PDF |
| Edition number | 2. Aufl. |
| Copyright year | 2021 |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Language | English |
| Copy protection | Digital watermarking |
