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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics

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Editors:
  1. Allan R. Ronald

    1. Faculty of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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  2. Donald E. Low

    1. Microbiology Laboratory, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: Milestones in Drug Therapy (MDT)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The history of quinolones

    • Gerard Sheehan, Nicholas S. Y. Chew
    Pages 1-10

  3. Structure-activity relationships of quinolones

    • Lester A. Mitscher, Zhenkun Ma
    Pages 11-48

  4. Epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance

    • Pak-Leung Ho, Vincent C. C. Cheng
    Pages 49-71

  5. Improved safety profile of newer fluoroquinolones

    • Lionel A. Mandell
    Pages 73-85

  6. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) of fluoroquinolones: tools for combating bacteria and preventing resistance

    • George G. Zhanel, Ayman M. Noreddin
    Pages 87-105

  7. Fluoroquinolones in urinary tract infection

    • James R. Johnson
    Pages 107-119

  8. The quinolones and sexually transmitted infections

    • Sarah A. Wyllie, Geoffrey L. Ridgway
    Pages 121-135

  9. Gastrointestinal and intraabdominal infections

    • Anthony W. Chow
    Pages 137-166

  10. The quinolones in otitis media and upper respiratory infections

    • Eugene Leibovitz, Ron Dagan
    Pages 167-176

  11. Quinolones in pneumonia

    • Thomas J. Marrie
    Pages 177-188

  12. Fluoroquinolones for the treatment of respiratory tract infections other than pneumonia

    • Donald E. Low
    Pages 189-203

  13. Quinolones for the treatment of skin, soft tissue, bone and prosthetic joint infections

    • John M. Embil
    Pages 205-218

  14. The role of fluoroquinolones in the therapy and prophylaxis of neutropenic patients with cancer

    • Helen Giamarellou, Anastasia Antoniadou
    Pages 219-238

  15. Less usual indications: Mycobacterial, Brucella, Yersinia, Francisella and other infections

    • Ziad A. Memish, Manuel W. Mah
    Pages 239-249

  16. The quinolones: future prospects

    • Allan R. Ronald, Donald E. Low
    Pages 251-253

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 255-261
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

    Allan R. Ronald

  • Microbiology Laboratory, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Donald E. Low

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics

  • Editors: Allan R. Ronald, Donald E. Low

  • Series Title: Milestones in Drug Therapy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8103-6

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6591-2Published: 01 April 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9437-1Published: 28 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8103-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2296-6056

  • Series E-ISSN: 2296-6064

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 261

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases

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