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...

This book focuses on topics ranging from the economics of drug-resistant infections and the management of antimicrobial use to new information on methods to optimize the selection, route of administration, dosing, and duration of antimicrobial therapies for common infections. In addition to offering ideas on studied programmatic approaches for judicious utilization of antimicrobial agents, this reference discusses practical means to track intervention outcomes through benchmarking. Authored by experts in their respective fields, the book contains essential principles and practical strategies...