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Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections

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Editors:
  1. Stephen H. Gillespie

    1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, England

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Part of the book series: Infectious Disease (ID)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  3. Gram-Negative Pathogens

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. The Management of Resistant Acinetobacter Infections in the Intensive Therapy Unit

      • Nicola Baker, Peter Hawkey
      Pages 117-140

    3. Drug-Resistant Helicobacter pylori

      • Peter J. Jenks
      Pages 141-157

    4. The Management of Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

      • Catherine A. Ison, Jonathan Ross
      Pages 159-172

    5. Management of Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Multiresistant Organisms

      • Jeremy M. T. Hamilton-Miller
      Pages 173-187

    6. Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Salmonella Infections

      • Christopher M. Parry
      Pages 189-208

    7. Management of Melioidosis

      • Andrew J. H. Simpson
      Pages 209-222

  4. Mycobacteria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. The Molecular Epidemiology of MDR-TB

      • Paul D. van Helden, Robin M. Warren, Pieter Uys, Gian D. van der Spuy, Thomas C. Victor
      Pages 225-242

    3. The Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

      • Sanjay Bhagani, Marc Lipman
      Pages 243-256

    4. Management of Infection With Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria

      • Stephen H. Gillespie
      Pages 257-268

  5. Fungal and Parasitic Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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About this book

Multiple drug resistance to antimicrobials is a growing problem that limits the effective lifetime of nearly all drugs developed against microorganisms. In Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections, prominent clinicians and leading microbiologists describe how practicing physicians can best treat bacterial, viral, protozoal, and helminthic infections when there is significant resistance to antibiotics. The authors focus on the major hospital and community-acquired pathogens, including S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, Enterococcus, Acinetobacter, and M. tuberculosis, and on the management of such common problems as multiple drug-resistant urinary tract infections and gonorrhea. Among the resistant tropical organisms covered are Salmonella typhi, malaria, and Burkholderia pseudomalei. Resistance to such important antiviral classes as antiretrovirals and anticytomegaloviral agents is also discussed, as are those measures necessary to prevent the spread of infections among patients. When national or international treatment guidelines cannot be established, clinical trial data, in vitro susceptibility data, and epidemiologic and pharmacological evidence are cited to help make treatment decisions. Wherever possible, the question of drug resistance is set in the context of its biology and epidemiology.
Comprehensive and practice-oriented, Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections offers physicians and clinical microbiologists treating infectious disease patients not only a critically evaluated guide to the immense literature of the field, but also an up-to-date practical survey of today's gold-standard therapeutic strategies.

Reviews

"...highlights include excellent chapters on the management of multidrug-resistant malaria and drug-resistant infections caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...a book that will be an enjoyable and useful reference for physicians and microbiologists who are interested in developing a better grasp of this complex and rapidly changing field." -The New England Journal of Medicine

"...excellent, concise discussions of treatment of resistant urinary tract infections, Salmonella infections, melioidosis, and malaria." - American College of Physicians

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medical Microbiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, England

    Stephen H. Gillespie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections

  • Editors: Stephen H. Gillespie

  • Series Title: Infectious Disease

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-738-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-230-8Published: 12 January 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-438-8Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-738-3Published: 12 January 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 403

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

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