The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy PDF
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Uwe Frank Evelina Tacconelli The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy This useful “always on-hand” pocket guide can easily be ordered: http://www.springer.com/978-3-642-18401-7 Uwe Frank Evelina Tacconelli The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy With 18 Figures and 6 Tables 123 Uwe Frank, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Microbiology Head, Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Department of Infectious Diseases Heidelberg University Hospital Im Neuenheimer Feld 324 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Evelina Tacconelli, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases Institute of Infectious Diseases Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Gemelli 8 00168 Rome, Italy Library of Congress Control Number: 2011932844 ISBN 978-3-642-18401-7 Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. 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Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about the application of operative techniques and medications contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Editor: Hinrich Küster Project Mangement: Kerstin Barton Cover Design: deblik Berlin, Germany Typesetting: Fotosatz-Service Köhler GmbH, Würzburg, Germany SPIN: 80020221 Printed on acid-free paper 2122 – 5 4 3 2 1 0 Foreword Dear Colleagues, Why another book on antibiotic therapy? The answer might simply be that antibiotic therapy is a corner- stone of everybody’s daily clinical experience. Or that antimicrobial therapy is often a neglected area in both academic courses and continuous medical education. Or that infections are the unwanted companion of so many and so diverse noninfectious diseases, and that an agile and multi- faceted approach to antibiotic therapy cannot be but welcome by all those involved in the different medical and surgical dis- ciplines. Or that saving the antibiotic power through their judicious use must be supported at all costs in these difficult times. Or possibly that all the aforementioned statements hold true, yet not exhausting the vast array of reasons that make this book timely, needed, and very welcome by so many. A second and obvious question is whether the book by Frank and Tacconelli is up to the level and might aim at being a faithful companion for all those dealing with antimicrobial drugs. The answer can be found in the enduring success of its previous editions and in the enthusiasm with which the authors have updated and improved an already successful text. The treatment of infections caused by Gram-positives is now discussed by including the most recent molecules, which are already playing a major role in many scenarios. Although there are fewer newly available for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-negatives, the available therapeutic choices are re- discussed and fine tuned in the light of the changing and worrisome epidemiology of bacterial resistance. Finally, anti- mycotics are extensively discussed so as to match the in- creasing challenge represented by fungal infections in most clinical settings. VI Foreword All in all, this book looks towards a future in which antimicrobial resistance will certainly represent an ever-growing obstacle for medicine and for which books like this will undoubtedly repre- sent a valuable resource. Giuseppe Cornaglia, MD, PhD President, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Department of Pathology and Infection University of Verona, Italy Preface The first edition of Franz Daschner’s pocketbook “Antibiotika am Krankenbett” was published in Germany in 1982. The pur- pose of the book was to provide physicians and pharmacists, residents, medical students and healthcare professionals in allied fields with a concise reference source for antibiotic drugs, listing the preparations available, antimicrobial spectra, usual dosages, adverse effects, and, in specific cases phar- macologic data. The German book was regularly updated and its structure modified according to the users’ needs. In 2009, we were asked to prepare a new version of the pocketbook in English, and because of the pocketbook’s popularity among clinicians and pharmacists throughout Europe, we are proud to present today the completely revised and updated 2nd edi- tion. The book’s pocket size has always been popular and we are committed to maintaining this design so that the book can be slipped into the pocket of any jacket or laboratory coat and carried throughout the hospital. Changes in antibiotic therapy have evolved simultaneously with developing antibiotic resistance and new emerging path- ogens. These developments are so rapid that no textbook of clinical microbiology, infectious diseases and pharmacology can keep pace. Clinicians nowadays rely on the medical litera- ture to prescribe antibiotics, but concise information useful for patient management is often difficult to obtain. We believe that with respect to antibiotic therapy this handbook is unparalleled in its precision and conciseness. Its structure is designed for easy use. It attempts to present the most common trade names for antibiotics marketed in Europe and should be used only as a guideline to these. It should not be considered as an official therapeutic document. If there is any discrepancy be- tween the recommendations made and the information avail- able in the package inserts, the reader is advised to obtain official and complete information from the national office of the manufacturer. VIII Preface If you wish to comment on or criticise any of the recommenda- tions made in the pocketbook, please, e-mail us at the follow- ing addresses: [email protected] [email protected] Please let us know if you notice that a particular antibiotic or pathogen has not been covered. Please also feel free to sug- gest experts who could contribute to the subject. We look forward to hearing from you! Uwe Frank Evelina Tacconelli Acknowledgements Our thanks for helping to update the 2nd edition of “The Daschner Guide to In-Hospital Antibiotic Therapy” to: Joachim Boehler, MD, PhD, Wiesbaden, Germany Michela Cipriani, MD, Rome, Italy Martin Hug, PhD, Freiburg, Germany Manfred Kist, MD, PhD, Freiburg, Germany Eva-Maria Kleissle, MD, Heidelberg, Germany Lyubomira Rabadzhieva, MS, Freiburg, Germany Contents 1 Classification of the Antibiotics . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Antibiotics Marketed in the EU . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 Principles of Antibiotic Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4 The Most Common Errors in Antibiotic Therapy . . 41 5 Important Infections and Their Microbiological Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6 Cooperation with Microbiologists . . . . . . . . . . 44 7 Resistance of Major Clinical Pathogens . . . . . . 46 8 The Most Frequent Pathogens – Choice of Antibiotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 9 Antibiotics, Antimycotics: Spectrum – Dosage – Adverse Effects – Costs 77 10 Antibiotic Therapy of the Principal Infections in Children and Adults 176 11 Treatment of the Most Frequent Types of Bacterial Endocarditis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 12 Minimal Duration of Treatment for Bacterial Infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 13 Failure of Antibiotic Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 14 Fever of Unknown Origin: Differential Diagnosis . . 238 15 Dosage of Antibiotics in Impaired Renal Function . 246 16 Antibiotic Therapy in Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, and Continuous Haemofiltration . . . . . . 250
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