Main description:

The new edition of this highly successful annual pocket guide presents clinicians with the most recent information in the field of antimicrobial therapy and infectious diseases.

Written by recognised experts in infectious disease, this edition discusses serum and urinary spectrum summaries of antibiotics and clinically relevant pharmacokinetics.

The seventeenth edition has been fully updated to provide clinicians with the latest advances in their field.

Unique features of the book include clinical synopses of common and uncommon infections worldwide, differential diagnosis of infectious diseases and non-infectious mimics, antibiotic IV-to-PO switch therapy options for infectious diseases; and HIV, HCV, Peds ID, antibiotic prophylaxis and immunisations, chest film differential diagnosis atlas, and gram stain atlas.

Key Points

Seventeenth edition presenting most recent information in field of antimicrobial therapy and infectious disease
Highly successful annual pocket guide
Includes many new topics and updates on new drugs
Authored by leading experts in the field
Includes free access to the app

Contents:

OVERVIEW OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
EMPIRIC THERAPY BASED ON CLINICAL SYNDROME
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILES AND INITIAL THERAPY OF ISOLATES PENDING SUSCEPTIBILITY RESULTS
PARASITES, FUNGI, UNUSUAL ORGANISMS
HIV INFECTION
PROPHYLAXIS AND IMMUNIZATIONS
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PEDIATRIC DRUG SUMMARIES
CHEST X-RAY ATLAS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ANTIBIOTIC PEARLS & PITFALLS
ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG SUMMARIES

APPENDIX

INDEX

COLOR ATLAS OF CSF, SPUTUM, AND URINE GRAM STAINS & FUNGAL STAINS