ANTIBIOTICS SIMPLIFIED FOURTH EDITION

ANTIBIOTICS SIMPLIFIED FOURTH EDITION

Antibiotics—the word sends terror coursing through the veins of students and makes many healthcare professionals uncomfortable. The category of antibiotics actually contains many different classes of drugs that differ in spectrum of activity, adverse effect profiles, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and clinical utility. These classes can seem bewildering and beyond comprehension. We believe that taking a logical, stepwise approach to learning the pharmacotherapy of infectious diseases can help burn away the mental fog preventing optimal use and understanding of these drugs. Learning the characteristics of antibiotics greatly simplifies learning infectious disease pharmacotherapy. Students and clinicians who attempt to learn the antibiotics of choice for different types of infections before knowing the characteristics of those drugs never truly understand the context of what they are attempting to learn. Once the characteristics of the antibiotics are known, making a logical choice to treat an infection is much easier. This approach takes some time up front, but it will be well worth the effort when one realizes that the pharmacotherapy of all infections is fundamentally similar and logical. It also pays off when you encounter a patient who didn’t read the 

guidelines for the infection they have and requires an antibiotic regimen outside of the norm

How to Use This Book 

We wrote this book in an effort to condense the many facts that are taught about antibiotics in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy courses into one quick reference guide. It is meant to supplement material learned in pharmacology, not to supplant it. Use this book as a reference when you encounter a class of antibiotics that you know you have heard about; it will remind you of key points you may have forgotten. This book contains six parts. Part 1 reviews basic microbiology and how to approach the pharmacotherapy of a patient with a presumed infection. The chapters in Parts 2–6 provide concise reviews of various classes of antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and antiparasitic drugs. Again, this book is intended to supplement your other pharmacology textbooks. These chapters give key points about each class of antibiotics— they are 

not thorough reviews

The appendices contain references that may help in daily use

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