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Contents<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

Introduction<br />

New to the Third Edition<br />

vii<br />

ix<br />

xiii<br />

Part 1: Considerations with Antibiotic Therapy 1<br />

Chapter 1: The Wonderful World of Microbiology 3<br />

Chapter 2: General Approach to Infectious Diseases 15<br />

Chapter 3: Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics 23<br />

Chapter 4: Antibiotic Pharmacodynamics 33<br />

Chapter 5: Adverse Consequences of Antibiotic Use 41<br />

Part 2: Antibacterial Drugs 47<br />

Chapter 6: Beta-Lactams 49<br />

Penicillins 51<br />

Natural Penicillins 53<br />

Antistaphylococcal Penicillins 57<br />

Aminopenicillins 59<br />

Antipseudomonal Penicillins 63<br />

Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations 65<br />

Cephalosporins 69<br />

First-Generation Cephalosporins 71<br />

Second-Generation Cephalosporins 73<br />

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