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Antimicrobial Therapy in the Elderly Patient: (Infectious Disease and Therapy)

Antimicrobial Therapy in the Elderly Patient: (Infectious Disease and Therapy)

          
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This unique resource offers the most up-to-date information available on the biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical indications, dosage, toxicity, and cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial agents for geriatric patients with infections.
Presents the proper approaches to antimicrobial therapy for all older patients, including the critically ill, the ambulatory, nursing home residents, and those receiving therapy at home!
Describing in detail antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, and antiviral drugs, Antimicrobial Therapy in the Elderly Patient

  • discusses differences in the epidemiology, etiology, morbidity, mortality, and clinical manifestations found in older patients
  • furnishes research and clinical results on how aging affects the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics as well as resistance to infections
  • reviews the antibiotics most widely prescribed for elderly patients
  • gives specific recommendations on dosages, routes of administration, and monitoring for adverse side effects
  • examines antimicrobial prophylaxis and vaccinations
  • and more!


    • Table of Contents:
    Unique Aspects of Infections in Older Adults, Thomas T. Yoshikawa
    Age-Related Changes in Host Defenses, Steve C. Castle
    Clinical Approach to Diagnosis of Infections in Older Patients, Dean C. Norman
    Assay Methods for Antimicrobial Therapy, Roger E. Bawdon
    Pharmacology of Antimicrobial Agents with Aging, Ingrid Nilsson-Ehle and Bengt Ljungberg
    Drug Prescribing, Compliance, and Adverse Reactions, Jay P. Rho and Mary Y. Ma
    Penicillins, Ronald A. Sherman and Maury Ellis Mulligan
    Cephalosporins, Jack D. McCue and Edward G. Tessier
    Monobactams, John S. Czachor and Richard A. Gleckman
    Carbapenems, Lynette H. Posorske and Fred M. Gordin
    Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors, Jay P. Rho, Fawn C. S. Takemoto, Ariane An, and Dean C. Norman
    Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, Leonard Williams and Bradley S. Bender
    Aminoglycosides, Darwin E. Zaske
    Quinolones, David R. P. Guay
    Vancomycin, Burke A. Cunha and Natalie C. Klein
    Tetracylines, Natalie C. Klein and Burke A. Cunha
    Erythromycin and Newer Macrolides, David M. Forrest and Anthony W. Chow
    Clindamycin, Haragopal Thadepalli and Daniel Hancz
    Metronidazole, Kimberly A. Shriner and Glenn E. Mathisen
    Chloramphenicol, Haragopal Thadepalli and Daniel Hancz
    Nitrofurans, Keith Beck and Hearee Chung Julius
    Methenamine, William L. Quinn
    Antituberculosis Agents, Asim K. Dutt and Hope Marlow
    Antifungal Agents, Carol A. Kauffman
    Antiviral Therapy, Thomas C. Cesario, Shookooh Yousefi, Gloria Carandang, and Mary Cesario
    Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy, Thomas T. Yoshikawa
    Antimicrobial Therapy in the Ambulatory Setting, Thomas T. Yoshikawa
    The Use of Antimicrobials in Nursing Homes, Elizabeth Anne Williams and Steven L. Berk
    Home Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy, Pamela H. Nagami and Stephen A. Landis
    Antimicrobial Prophylaxis, Chester Choi
    Immunoprophylaxis, Stefan Gravenstein, Barbara A. Miller, and Paul J. Drinka

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    • ISBN-13: 9780824791636
    • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
    • Publisher Imprint: Marcel Dekker Inc
    • Height: 254 mm
    • No of Pages: 584
    • Series Title: Infectious Disease and Therapy
    • Weight: 1270 gr
    • ISBN-10: 0824791630
    • Publisher Date: 23 Feb 1994
    • Binding: Hardback
    • Language: English
    • Returnable: N
    • Spine Width: 32 mm
    • Width: 178 mm

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