Antimicrobial chemotherapy

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The fully revised and updated seventh edition of 'Antimicrobial Chemotherapy' is an essential guide to the principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy, the problem of resistance and its control through policies, antimicrobial stewardship and surveillance. It provides an aid to informed, rational prescribing for common bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections.

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Title Statements

Full title :Antimicrobial chemotherapy / Peter Davey [and three others].

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Publication Date:2015.
Edition:Seventh edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 419 pages .)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191004001, 0191004006, 9780191769412, 019176941X, 9780191004018, 0191004014
oclc:ocn962887092
LC Classification:RM267
Dewey Decimal:616.9/0461

Part 1. General properties of antimicrobial agents. 1. Mechanisms of action and resistance to modern antibacterial with a history of their development ; 2. Inhibitors of bacterial cell wall synthesis ; 3. Inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis ; 4. Synthetic antibacterial agents and miscellaneous antibiotics ; 5. Antiviral agents ; 6. Antiretroviral agents ; 7. Drugs used in the treatment of viral hepatitis ; 8. Antifungal agents ; 9. Antiprotozoal and anthelminthic agents -- Part 2. Resistance to antimicrobial agents. 10. The problem of resistance ; 11. The genetics and mechanisms of acquired resistance -- Part 3. General principles of usage of antimicrobial agents. 12. Laboratory investigations and the treatment of infection ; 13. General principles of the treatment of infection ; 14. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics principles ; 15. Prescribing in special groups : effects of age, pregnancy, body weight, hepatic and renal impairment 16: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy ; 17. Adverse drug reactions and patient safety ; 18. Chemoprophylaxis and immunisation ; 19. Guidelines, formularies, and antimicrobial policies ; 20. Antimicrobial stewardship, surveillance of …

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Anti-Infective Agents Anti-Infective Agents -- pharmacology Anti-infective agents -- Therapeutic use Antiinfectieux Charts Communicable diseases -- Chemotherapy Drug resistance in microorganisms Drug Resistance, Microbial Infections -- drug therapy Internet resources Maladies infectieuses -- Chimiothérapie Micro-organismes -- Résistance aux médi…