Book DescriptionDeriving from Pratt's Fundamentals of Chemotherapy (OUP, 1973), Chemotherapy of Infection (OUP, 1977), and The Antimicrobial Drugs (OUP, 1986), this superb text surveys the drugs used to treat bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections. It describes in comprehensive detail the mechanisms for both the antimicrobial actions and the adverse clinical effects of these drugs. No other book provides such a thorough yet readily accessible discussion of how the body handles antibiotics. For this edition, Eric Scholar has joined Dr. Pratt as co-author, and the entire text has been updated. Two completely new chapters on the quinolones and antiretroviral agents have been added. With over 3500 references and numerous charts and tables summarizing each drug's pharmacokinetic properties as well as microbial susceptibility, this is an invaluable resource for graduate students in pharmacology and microbiology, medical students, pharmacy students, infectious disease specialists, clinical pharmacists, and clinical microbiologists.
FeaturesThis book is organized in sections that cover bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections. Each section is composed of chapters that focus on the various agents for that specific type of infection. Also included is background information on antimicrobial therapy to bring readers at different levels up to speed. The book features a few black-and-white illustrations that are very helpful in assisting readers to understand the concepts, such as the composition of bacterial cell walls. The tables are particularly useful for quick references and information summaries. All of the chapters are extensively referenced.