ANTIBACTERIAL ANTIBIOTICS – (CLINICAL APPLICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE)

The Antibacterial Antibiotics Handbook reviews, grouped by families, subfamilies, and groups, almost all known and clinically used antibiotics. Spectrum of action, pharmacokinetics, clinical application, dosage and method of administration, side effects, mechanism and action are given for each antibiotic preparation. At the same time, the combined use of antibiotics, empiric treatment, antibiotic prophylaxis and problems related to antibiotic resistance, the mechanism of resistance in individual groups of antibiotics and the fight against drug resistance are considered. Methods for determining the sensitivity of bacterial strains to different antibiotics and antibiotic combinations are also described, as well as the approach to interpreting the results obtained from the antibiogram.

The handbook can be used as a daily aid by doctors, dentists and pharmacists, by trainee doctors and by medical students, dentistry and pharmacy.