The antimicrobial drugs
By: Eric M. Scholar, William B. Pratt.
Contributors: Pratt, William B., 1938-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 607
Subjects: Anti-Infective Agents.; Communicable Diseases -- drug therapy.; Anti-infective agents.; Communicable diseases -- Chemotherapy.; Anti-infective agents.; Communicable diseases -- Chemotherapy.
Description: This text includes the treatment of the mechanisms of action, pharmacology and adverse effects of the drugs used to treat bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections. This edition also includes new chapters on the drugs used to treat AIDS.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Determinants of bacterial response to antimicrobial agents; title: Ch. 2. Drug resistance; title: Ch. 3. The inhibitors of cell wall synthesis, I; title: Ch. 4. The inhibitors of cell wall synthesis, II; title: Ch. 5. Bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis; title: Ch. 6. Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis; title: Ch. 7. The antimetabolites; title: Ch. 8. Antibiotics that affect membrane permeability; title: Ch. 9. The urinary tract antiseptics; title: Ch. 10. The fluroquinolones; title: Ch. 11. Drugs that act on mycobacteria; title: Ch. 12. Antifungal drugs; title: Ch. 13. Chemotherapy of malaria; title: Ch. 14. Chemotherapy of protozoal diseases; title: Ch. 15. Chemotherapy of helminthic diseases; title: Ch. 16. Chemotherapy of viral, infections I; title: Ch. 17. Chemotherapy of viral infections, II.