Manual of antibiotics and infectious diseases : treatment and prevention /

Conte, John E., Jr.

Manual of antibiotics and infectious diseases : treatment and prevention / John E. Conte - Ninth edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2002 - xix, 755 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Antibiotics -- Empiric antibiotic therapy -- Organism-directed therapy -- Antibiotic prophylaxis -- AIDS and HIV infection -- Antibiotic susceptibilities -- Immunobiologic agents and vaccines -- Drugs for parasitic infection -- Tuberculosis --v Sexually transmitted diseases and recommendations for the use of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccines -- HIV prevention through early detection and treatment of other sexually transmitted desases (STDs) -- Hospital epidemiology and infection control

This manual is designed for health-care professionals involved in the daily care of patients with infectious diseases. The text covers antibiotics currently available, renal failure and empirical, prophylactic and definitive antibiotic therapies

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ANTIBIOTICS -- HANDBOOKS, MANULAS, ETC

RM 267 .C66 2002