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Main description:
This portable handbook provides quick access to information to help diagnose and treat ocular infections. It is organized by antibiotic agents, specific diseases, and anatomic location of the disease. Clinical information is summarized in numerous tables on diagnostic techniques, systemic topical and intraocular drugs, mechanisms of action, adverse side effects, and contraindications. Empiric therapy, or therapeutic treatment based on observation alone, is also covered.
Contents:
Introduction; Antimicrobial Agents in Ophthalmology; Empiric Therapy for Infections of the Eye; Antimicrobial Agents for Specific Ocular Infections; Therapy for Specific Pathogens, Bacteria, Fungi, Parasites, Viruses; Special Formulations of Antimicrobial Agents: Topical, Periocular, Intravitreal; Systemic Antimicrobials: Dosages; Antimicrobial Agents in Pregnancy and Lactation; Antimicrobial Agents for Ocular Infections in Immunocompromised (AIDS) Patients; Commercially Available Topical Antimicrobials; Guidelines for the Use of Antibiotics
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Elsevier (Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd)
Publication date: December, 2006
Pages: 160
Weight: 652g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Counselling & Therapy, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Ophthalmology and Optometry