Over the past several decades, -infection control? has become a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of incredible importance with regard to the safety of patients and healthcare workers, regulation and accreditation of healthcare facilities, and finances. The focus of this field has increasingly turned to prevention rather than control of hospital-acquired infections. This issue will bring the infectious disease specialist up to date on important topics such as hand hygiene, sterilization, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic stewardship, and specific infections of...
Over the past several decades, -infection control? has become a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of incredible importance with regard to the...
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;...
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,...
