Dedication
Introduction
Part 1: Considerations with Antibiotic Therapy
Chapter 1: The Wonderful World of Microbiology
Chapter 2: General Approach to Infectious Diseases
Chapter 3: Antibiotic Pharmacodynamics
Chapter 4: Adverse Consequences of Antibiotic Use
Part 2: Antibacterial Drugs
Chapter 5 -Beta-lactams
Introduction to penicillins
Natural penicillins
Antistaphylococcal penicillins
Aminopenicillins
Antipseudomonal penicillins
Penicillin/beta-lactamase combinations
Introduction to cephalosporins
1st generation cephalosporins
2nd generation cephalosporins
3rd generation cephalosporins
4th generation cephalosporins
Carbapenems
Monobactams
Chapter 6 - Glycopeptides
Chapter 7 - Fluoroquinolones
Chapter 8 - Aminoglycosides
Chapter 9 - Tetracyclines and Glycylcyclines
Chapter 10 - Macrolides and Ketolides
Chapter 11 - Oxazolidinones
Chapter 12 - Nitroimidazoles
Chapter 13 - Nitrofurans
Chapter 14 - Streptogramins
Chapter 15 - Cyclic lipopeptides
Chapter 16 - Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
Chapter 17 - Lincosamides
Part 3: Antifungal Drugs
Chapter 18 - Introduction
Chapter 19- Polyenes
Chapter 20 - Antimetabolites
Chapter 21 - Azoles
Fluconazole
Itraconazole
Voriconazole
Posaconazole
Chapter 22 - Echinocandins
Appendices
1. Selected Normal Human Flora
2. Useful Antimicrobial Spectra
