Antibacterial Therapy and Newer Agents , An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

Description

This issue of Medical Clinics of North America brings the physician up to date on the newest agents for antibacterial therapy.  New drugs are covered, as well as new approaches.  Topics include the newer fluoroquinolones; epidemiology, molecular mechanisms, and clinical management of pathogens resistant to antibacterial agents; current use for old antibacterial agents, including polymyxins, rifamycins, and aminoglycosides; topical antibacterial agents; newer beta-lactam antibiotics, including doripenem, ceftobiprole. ceftaroline, and cefepim; the use of antibacterial agents in renal failure; antibiotics for gram positive bacterial infections, including vancomycin, teicoplanin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, oxazolidinolones, daptomycin, telavancin, and ceftaroline; as well as macrolides, ketolides, and glycylcyclines, including azithromycin, clarithromycin, telithromycin, and tigecycline.

Author Information

By Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Wayne State University School of Medicine Corporate Director of Infection Prevention Hospital Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship Detroit Medical Center Detroit, MI and Donald Kaye, MD, MACP