ANTIBIOTIC ESSENTIALS 13/2015

Antibiotic Essentials, updated annually,?is?a pocket guide on antimicrobial therapy and infectious diseases. Not simply a collection of guidelines, but a practical, concise and authoritative guide, written by expert clinicians for practising clinicians, presented in a user friendly format.?? Antibiotic Essentials has many special features including chapters on clinical microbiology (including susceptibility profiles, and site-pathogen clinical correlations) initial empiric therapy (with easy to use treatment grids, IV to PO switch options), HIV, fungal parasitic infections, antibiotic prophylaxis & immunisations, pediatric ID, pneumonia chest X-ray atlas, color Gram stain atlas, antibiotic pearls & pitfalls, and ID differential diagnosis. It includes both?infectious and non-infectious disorders. The book is edited by Burke A Cunha MD MACP Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, and Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, one of the world?s leading experts on antimicrobial therapy and infectious diseases. Key pointsWritten by world experts, the new edition of annual publication? ?Antibiotics?Essentials?Written by world experts, the new edition of annual publication? ?Antibiotics?Essentials?Fully updated to provide latest therapeutic recommendationsFully updated to provide latest therapeutic recommendationsAntibiotic Essentials is a user friendly, practical, antibiotic pocket guide, written by experienced clinicians, for practising cliniciansAntibiotic Essentials is a user friendly, practical, antibiotic pocket guide, written by experienced clinicians, for practising clinicians