Part 1 book "Antibiotic and chemotherapy expert consult" presentation of content: Historical introduction, modes of action, hharmacodynamics of anti-infective agents-target delineation and susceptibility breakpoint selection, the problem of resistance, antimicrobial agents and the kidneys, antibiotics and the immune system,. . | Antibiotic and Chemotherapy Commissioning Editor: Sue Hodgson Development Editor: Nani Clansey Editorial Assistant: Poppy Garraway/Rachael Harrison Project Manager: Jess Thompson Design: Charles Gray Illustration Manager: Bruce Hogarth Illustrator: Merlyn Harvey Marketing Manager (USA): Helena Mutak Antibiotic and Chemotherapy Anti-infective agents and their use in therapy N I N T H E D I T I O N Roger G. Finch MB BS FRCP FRCP(Ed) FRCPath FFPM Professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals, The City Hospital, Nottingham, UK David Greenwood PhD DSc FRCPath Emeritus Professor of Antimicrobial Science, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK S. Ragnar Norrby MD PhD FRCP Professor, The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden Richard J. Whitley MD Distinguished Professor Loeb Scholar in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA Edinburgh London New York Philadelphia St Louis Sydney Toronto 2010 SAUNDERS an imprint of Elsevier Limited © 2010, Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved. First edition 1963 Second edition 1968 Third edition 1971 Fourth edition 1973 Fifth edition 1981 Sixth edition 1992 Seventh edition 1997 Eighth edition 2003 No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Details on how to seek permission, further information about the Publisher’s permissions policies and our arrangements with organizations such as the Copyright Clearance Center and the Copyright Licensing Agency, can be found at our website: . This book and the individual
