Treatment of serious infections in the 1990s
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Treatment of serious infections in the 1990s
（Contemporary issues in infectious diseases, v. 9）
Churchill Livingstone, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This puts in therapeutic context antimicrobial treatment and the modification of host factors important in the pathogenesis of specific infections. It concentrates on anti-microbial agents and host factors and covers advances in the treatment of serious infection. It also includes coverage of AIDS. Contributors include expert scientists and investigators in the field of infectious diseases.
Table of Contents
- The relationship between structure and activity of new antimicrobial agents - an emerging science for the development of new therapies of the 1990s
- intra-abdominal infections - monotherapy versus combination therapy
- treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease - antibiotics, surgery and modifications of inflammation
- therapy for sepsis in neutropenic patient
- myelopoietic factors in the prevention of infections in neutropenic patients
- immunotherapy for septic shock - a process-orientated approach
- short-course combination and oral therapies for bacterial endocarditis
- treatment of bacterial meninigitis - blocking harmful mediators of bacterial and host origin
- the use of antibiotics, corticosteriods, and surgery in the treatment of brain abcesses
- therapy for herpes simplex virus infections of the central nervous system
- anti-HIV treatment - recent advances in targeted drug development
- cryptoccal meningitis in the immunotherapy for AIDs - associated toxoplasmopsis
- prevention of HIV infection during the 1990s - criteria for post-exposure prophylaxis for health care providers sustaining occupational exposure to HIV.
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