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The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy

European Standards

  • Handy - concise - clear
  • The "always on-hand" pocket guide to the treatment of infectuous diseases
  • The most important antibiotics and antimycotics: Spectrum - dosage - side-effects
  • Numerous tables sorted by substances, pathogens, indications
  • Administration of antibiotics during pregnancy, renal and hepatic insufficiency, dialysis
  • Including statements on the cost of therapy
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
  2. Classification of the Antibiotics

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 1-4
  3. Antibiotics Marketed in the EU

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 5-36
  4. Principles of Antibiotic Therapy

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 37-40
  5. The Most Common Errors in Antibiotic Therapy

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 41-41
  6. Important Infections and Their Microbiological Diagnosis

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 42-43
  7. Cooperation with Microbiologists

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 44-45
  8. Resistance of Major Clinical Pathogens

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 46-70
  9. The Most Frequent Pathogens – Choice of Antibiotics

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 71-76
  10. Antibiotic Therapy of the Principal Infections in Children and Adults

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 176-230
  11. Treatment of the Most Frequent Types of Bacterial Endocarditis

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 231-234
  12. Minimal Duration of Treatment for Bacterial Infections

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 235-236
  13. Failure of Antibiotic Therapy

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 237-237
  14. Fever of Unknown Origin: Differential Diagnosis

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 238-245
  15. Dosage of Antibiotics in Impaired Renal Function

    • Joachim Böhler
    Pages 246-249
  16. Antibiotic Therapy During Pregnancy and Lactation

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 267-268
  17. Antibiotics in Liver Diseases

    • Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli
    Pages 269-270

About this book

Handy – concise – clear

The “always on-hand” pocket guide to the treatment of infectious diseases.
- The most important antibiotics and antimycotics:
Spectrum – dosage – side-effects
- Numerous tables sorted by substances, pathogens, indications
- Administration of antibiotics during pregnancy, renal and hepatic insufficiency, dialysis
- Including statements on the cost of therapy

Numerous tips and troubleshooting guides on topics such as:
- Potential mistakes
- Therapy failures
- Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis

Adjusted to European standards:
Up-to-date substances, authorizations, resistances and trade names.

The first guide to antibiotic therapy for Europe!

All in all, an approach that looks towards the future in which antimicrobial resistance will certainly represent an ever-growing obstacle for the medical class, and for which books like this will undoubtedly represent a precious resource.
Giuseppe Cornaglia, MD, PhD
President, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

This book will most certainly be a valuable asset for all those treating patients with infections. While primarily aimed at the hospital setting, most of the very useful information can certainly be used in other healthcare settings, too.
Andreas Voss
Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    Uwe Frank

  • Institute of Infectious Diseases, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Evelina Tacconelli

About the authors

Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli:
The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy

Uwe Frank, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Microbiology
Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Freiburg University Medical Center

Evelina Tacconelli, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases
Institute of Infectious Diseases at the
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy

  • Book Subtitle: European Standards

  • Authors: Uwe Frank, Evelina Tacconelli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18402-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-18401-7Published: 16 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18402-4Published: 24 January 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 300

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Otorhinolaryngology

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

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