This text describes the basic properties of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents and discusses the principles underlying the rational use of antimicrobial agents in the ...

This text aims to introduce advanced medical students and young doctors to the principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy, and to foster good prescribing habits, which are ...

Since the first edition of this book, AIDS has emerged, and there has been increasing public awareness of the problems of infection. Medical students receive little formal ...