Kucers' The Use of Antibiotics Sixth Edition: A Clinical Review of Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs - Hardcover

Grayson, Lindsay M; Kucers, Alvis; Crowe, Suzanne; McCarthy, James; Mills, John; Mouton, Johan; Norrby, Ragnar; Paterson, David; Pfaller, Michael

9780340927670: Kucers' The Use of Antibiotics Sixth Edition: A Clinical Review of Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340927674 ISBN 13: 9780340927670

Publisher: CRC Press, 2010

'I am unaware of any textbook which provides such comprehensive coverage of the field and doubt that this work will be surpassed in the foreseeable future, if ever!'

From the foreword by Robert C. Moellering, Jr., M.D, Shields Warren-Mallinckrodt Professor of Medical Research, Harvard Medical School, USA

Written by a top international editorial team

Extensively updated to include new, existing and emerging drugs

Divided into 4 sections, 258 chapters and presented in 2-volumes

Presented and packaged in 2-volumes plus an e-book

Kucers' The Use of Antibiotics is the leading major reference work in this vast and
rapidly developing field. More than doubled in length compared to the fifth edition, the
sixth edition comprises 3000 pages over 2-volumes in order to cover all new and existing
therapies, and emerging drugs not yet fully licensed.

Concentrating on the treatment of infectious diseases, the content is divided into 4 sections: antibiotics, anti-fungal drugs,anti-parasitic drugs and anti-viral drugs, and is highly structured for ease of reference.Within each section, each chapter is structured to cover susceptibility, formulations and dosing (adult and paediatric), pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, toxicity and drug distribution, detailed discussion regarding clinical uses, a feature unique to this title.

Compiled by an expanded team of internationally renowned and respected editors, with
a vast number of contributors spanning Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America,
the US and Canada, the sixth edition adopts a truly global approach. It will remain
invaluable for anyone using antimicrobial agents in their clinical practice and provides in
a systematic and concise manner all the information required when treating infections
requiring antimicrobial therapy.

Now Kucers' The Use of Antibiotics is available free to purchasers of the books as an electronic version on line or on your desktop:

It provides access to the entire 2-volume print material

It is fully searchable, so you can find the relevant information you need quickly

Live references are linked to PubMed referring you to the latest journal material

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About the Author:

M Lindsay Grayson MB BS MD MSC FRACP FRCP FAFPHM
Professor of Medicine and Director, Infectious Disease and Microbiology Departments, Austin Health Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Section Editors: Suzanne M Crowe, James S McCarthy, John Mills, Johan W Mouton, S Ragnar Norrby, David L Paterson, Michael A Pfaller

Review:

In keeping with its well-earned reputation as the leading and absolute authority on antibiotics, Kucers' remains a must-have for infectious diseases clinicians.

Clinical Infectious Disease 2011

This sixth edition of Kucers' The Use of Antibiotics is one of the most updated comprehensive compendiums on this subject. The book is a must in all hospitals and medical libraries.

Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther 2011

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