Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

by David Greenwood (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $65.37

  This text aims to introduce advanced medical students and young doctors to the principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy, and to foster good prescribing habits, which are essential if antibiotics are to retain their value for the future. Topics covered include the general properties of antimicrobial agents of all kinds (antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and antiparasitic), laboratory aspects of antimicrobial chemotherapy, problems of resistance, general principles of treatment (including pharmacokinetic aspects and the special problems of children and the elderly), side effects, chemoprophylaxis, and the treatment of specific groups of infectious diseases. There is a useful postscript on the development of new antimicrobial drugs.

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $148.84

  Since the first edition of this book, AIDS has emerged, and there has been increasing public awareness of the problems of infection. Thousands of antibiotics have been discovered and are used widely, but resistance to many of these antibiotics has built up in the microbial community, so infection by microbes is always possible. The sinister implications of AIDS and its attendant opportunistic infections emphasise the importance of medical students receiving formal training in this area, with the aim of this book being to give them a grasp of the principles of antimicrobial drug treatment.