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Antibiotics Manual

A Guide to Commonly Used Antimicrobials

Second Edition

 

 

David Scholssberg MD, FACP, FIDSA, FCPP

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA

Rafik Samuel, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FCPP

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Once again, for Yuan:

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
……….
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st

Shakespeare, Sonnet 18.

David Schlossberg

This book is dedicated to my family, Farid, Leila, Dalia, Ed, and Matt. Thank you all; you are the reason I am the person I am today.

Rafik Samuel

PREFACE

We are pleased to present the Second Edition of our book. The development of new antimicrobials since the First Edition has been explosive, necessitating the addition of 36 new chapters, comprising new antiretroviral, anti‐HCV, antimycobacterial, antifungal and antibacterial drugs and combinations. All the older chapters have been updated as necessary, and new tables have been added that highlight salient antimicrobial toxicities and indicate potential specific coverage of difficult pathogens.

David Schlossberg, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FCPP
Rafik Samuel, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FCPP