Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases : Treatment and Prevention (9th ed)

Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2003 Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases 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 as well as a new section on antibiotic resistance and a new section on drugs used in the treatment of AIDS and tuberculosis.

Guidelines for the treatment of STD's and parasitic diseases as well as information on the vaccines available from the CDC have all been substantially updated