Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases: Treatment and PreventionLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 - 755 pages Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases: Treatment and Prevention was designed for health-care professionals involved in the daily care of patients with infectious diseases. The book covers antibiotics currently available, their doses, and their dose adjustments. It explains what to do when faced with renal failure, as well as empirical, prophylactic, and definitive antibiotic therapies--everything from bacteria resistance to AIDS therapies. A new section on hospital epidemiology and infection control is included in this Ninth Edition. A Brandon-Hill recommended title. |
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Contents
Table 1 | 1 |
Table 11 | 11 |
Table 1 | 14 |
Table 1 | 22 |
Empiric Antibiotic Therapy | 59 |
16 | 60 |
Table 3 | 67 |
1 | 88 |
5 The maximum number of cases of specified vaccinepreventable | 217 |
9 | 221 |
8 Guidelines for spacing the administration of immune globulin | 232 |
3 | 233 |
Rabies preexposure prophylaxis scheduleUnited States 1999 | 296 |
Rabies postexposure prophylaxis scheduleUnited States 1999 | 304 |
23 | 352 |
33 | 417 |
56 | 95 |
Antibiotic Prophylaxis | 99 |
7 | 118 |
AIDS and HIV Infection | 132 |
7 | 140 |
1 Determining the need for HIV postexposure prophylaxis PEP | 155 |
27 Effects of opportunistic infection medications on drugs | 168 |
1 Susceptibility of S pneumoniae to selected antimicrobials and | 173 |
137 | 175 |
8 Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other | 180 |
1 Immunobiologics distributed by the Centers for Disease Control | 186 |
1 Recommended vaccination schedule for infants and adults | 196 |
2 Existing combination vaccines in the United States March 1999 | 207 |
Drugs for Parasitic Infection | 434 |
2 Epidemiology and classification of the major helminths | 454 |
3 Manufacturers and adverse effects of some antiparasitic drugs | 460 |
1 Elements of a risk assessment for tuberculosis TB | 470 |
3 Summary of interpretation of purified protein derivative | 477 |
6 Treatment regimens for human immunodeficiency virus | 484 |
3 Protocol for investigating purified protein derivative | 508 |
Section 10A Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 524 |
1 Oral desensitization protocol for patients with a positive | 557 |
16 | 716 |
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Common terms and phrases
ACIP acute administered adults adverse events Adverse Reactions aerobic GNR agents amikacin Ampicillin antibiotic antibody antigens antimicrobial antiretroviral associated aureus azithromycin bacteremia bacterial CD4+ cefazolin ceftriaxone cephalosporins chloramphenicol chronic Ciprofloxacin clarithromycin CLCR clindamycin clinical contraindications diphtheria disease dosage dose Drug Interactions effective endocarditis Erythromycin evaluated exposure fluoroquinolone Gastrointestinal gentamicin gram-negative HCWs health-care hepatitis hepatitis A vaccine high risk HIV infection imipenem immune globulin immunocompromised immunodeficiency increased infants levels measles meropenem mg bid mg PO qd mg/kg per day mitral MMWR Nafcillin occur oral patients Pediatr penicillin persons pertussis pharyngitis pneumococcal pneumoniae postexposure potential pregnancy prevention procedures prophylaxis rabies recommended regimen renal reported resistance rheumatic fever Rifabutin rifampin serologic serum streptococcal surgery susceptible symptoms syphilis TABLE tetanus toxoids tetracycline therapy tion TMP/SMX tobramycin toxicity transmission treatment trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole tuberculosis valve vancomycin varicella viral virus µg/mL