Description
This full colour book contains 154 pages jam-packed with important concise information on 61 commonly used antibiotics including:
- their class
- mechanism of action (explained as an image)
- their antibiotic spectrum
- whether they are bactericidal or bacteriostatic
- their common trade names (for both Australian and New Zealand)
- their pharmacokinetic properties
- pregnancy category
- contraindications
- special considerations
- when they are commonly used.
The is also great information regarding 54 common pathogens such as:
- their structure
- their image (colour coded to Gram stain)
- their transmission & reservoir
- whether they are normal flora
- if they produce a toxin
- most common infection control precautions
- sensitivity & resistance profiles
- their mechanism of antibiotic resistance
- common infections for which they are responsible
- general comments specific to pathogen
The appendices contain lots of excellent information including:
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Chain of infection & ways to break the chain
- Pathogen resistance mechanisms
- Trade/generic cross reference for antibiotics listed
