"Antibiotics Simplified, Fourth Edition is a best-selling, succinct guide designed to bridge knowledge gained in basic sciences courses with clinical practice in infectious diseases. This practical text reviews basic microbiology and how to approach the pharmacotherapy of a patient with a presumed infection. It also contains concise Drug Class Reviews with an explanation of the characteristics of various classes of antibacterial drugs and antifungal drugs. This text simplifies learning infectious disease pharmacotherapy and condenses the many facts that are taught about antibiotics into one quick reference guide. This guide will help students learn the characteristics of antibiotics and why an antibiotic is useful for an indication. With an understanding of the characteristics of the antibiotics, students will be able to make a logical choice to treat an infection more easily"--Publisher's description.

Revised edition of: Antibiotics simplified / Jason C. Gallagher, Conan MacDougall. Third edition. [2014]

Part 1: Considerations with antibiotic therapy. The wonderful world of microbiology -- General approach to infectious diseases -- Antibiotic pharmacokinetics -- Antibiotic pharmacodynamics -- Adverse consequences of antibiotic use -- Antibiotic resistance -- Part 2: Antibacterial drugs. Beta-lactams -- Glycopeptides and short-acting lipoglycopeptides -- Long-acting glycopeptides -- Fluoroquinolones -- Aminoglycosides -- Tetracyclines and glycylcyclines -- Macrolides and ketolides -- Oxazolidinones -- Nitroimidazoles -- Nitrofurans and fosfomycin -- Streptogramins -- Cyclic lipopeptides -- Folate antagonists -- Lincosamides -- Polymyxins -- Fidaxomicin -- Part 3: Antimycobacterial drugs. Antimycobacterial drugs -- Rifamycins -- Isoniazid -- Pyrazinamide -- Ethambutol -- Part 4: Antifungal drugs. Antifungal drugs -- Polyenes -- Antifungal antimetabolites -- Azoles -- Echinocandins -- Part 5: Antiviral drugs. Antiviral drugs -- Anti-herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus agents -- Anti-cytomegalovirus agents -- Neuraminidase inhibitors -- Antiretrovial drugs -- Antiviral interferons -- Direct-acting anti-hepatitis C agents -- Ribavirin -- Hepatitis B nucleoside analogs -- Part 6: Antiparasitic drugs. Antiparasitic drugs -- Quinolines -- Atovaquone -- Benzimidazoles -- Pentamidine -- Ivermectin -- Appendices. Selected normal human flora -- Clinically useful spectra of activity -- Empiric regimens for common infections.