TY - BOOK AU - Conte, John E., Jr. TI - Manual of antibiotics and infectious diseases: treatment and prevention SN - 9780781723169 AV - RM 267 .C66 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - ANTIBIOTICS -- HANDBOOKS, MANULAS, ETC N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -