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Allan R. Ronald⁰,
Donald E. Low¹

Allan R. Ronald
1. Faculty of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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1. Microbiology Laboratory, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages I-X

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The history of quinolones
- Gerard Sheehan, Nicholas S. Y. Chew
Pages 1-10
Structure-activity relationships of quinolones
- Lester A. Mitscher, Zhenkun Ma
Pages 11-48
Epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance
- Pak-Leung Ho, Vincent C. C. Cheng
Pages 49-71
Improved safety profile of newer fluoroquinolones
- Lionel A. Mandell
Pages 73-85
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) of fluoroquinolones: tools for combating bacteria and preventing resistance
- George G. Zhanel, Ayman M. Noreddin
Pages 87-105
Fluoroquinolones in urinary tract infection
- James R. Johnson
Pages 107-119
The quinolones and sexually transmitted infections
- Sarah A. Wyllie, Geoffrey L. Ridgway
Pages 121-135
Gastrointestinal and intraabdominal infections
- Anthony W. Chow
Pages 137-166
The quinolones in otitis media and upper respiratory infections
- Eugene Leibovitz, Ron Dagan
Pages 167-176
Quinolones in pneumonia
- Thomas J. Marrie
Pages 177-188
Fluoroquinolones for the treatment of respiratory tract infections other than pneumonia
- Donald E. Low
Pages 189-203
Quinolones for the treatment of skin, soft tissue, bone and prosthetic joint infections
- John M. Embil
Pages 205-218
The role of fluoroquinolones in the therapy and prophylaxis of neutropenic patients with cancer
- Helen Giamarellou, Anastasia Antoniadou
Pages 219-238
Less usual indications: Mycobacterial, Brucella, Yersinia, Francisella and other infections
- Ziad A. Memish, Manuel W. Mah
Pages 239-249
The quinolones: future prospects
- Allan R. Ronald, Donald E. Low
Pages 251-253
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
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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Faculty of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Microbiology Laboratory, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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