By: Burke A. Cunha, M.D.

Completely revised and updated for 2011, Antibiotic Essentials, 10th Edition is a concise, practical, and authoritative guide to the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases commonly encountered in adults. It covers 568 clinical infectious disease syndromes, HIV infection, 157 detailed drug summaries, pediatric infectious diseases, and a chest x-ray atlas.

More than 5,500 medications are covered and there are 31 new monographs and hundreds of updates to existing content. Each monograph encompasses up to 37 fields of information, including detailed content on dosage, drug interactions, and adverse reactions. Supplementing the drug information is a comprehensive Appendix offering charts, tables, treatment guidelines and therapy recommendations, and a Pharmacologic Category Index listing all drugs within their unique pharmacologic class.

Key topics include:

• Empiric Therapy Based on Clinical Syndrome
• Initial Therapy Based on Isolates Pending Susceptibility Testing
• HIV Infection
• Fungi, Parasites, Unusual Organisms
• Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Immunizations
• Pertussis and Swine Flu
• Pediatric Infectious Disease
• Drug Summaries
• New Antibiotic Susceptibility Grid Section
• Newly Approved Antibiotics

ISBN: 978-1-4496-2431-6; 2011; 778 pages; softbound