Analyzing the wide array of scientific and medical literature currently available, this guide contains discussions that lead the reader through test tube research and animal and human studies to clinical treatment settings merges developments in medical microbiology, clinical infectious disease, and pharmacokinetics helps readers improve their understanding of the pharmacodynamics and appropriate use of antibiotics Taking readers from the research laboratory to the bedside, this Second Edition compiles essential information on the pharmacodynamics of all major classes of the antimicrobial...