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Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases

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  • Apr 2014

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Editors:
  1. Stephen C. Piscitelli

    1. Clinical Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratory, Clinical Center Pharmacy Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  2. Keith A. Rodvold

    1. Pharmacy College of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

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Part of the book series: Infectious Disease (ID)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction to Drug Interactions

    • Yasmin Khaliq, Keith Gallicano, Jan Sahai
    Pages 1-11

  3. Mechanisms of Drug Interactions

    • Angela D. M. Kashuba, Joseph S. Bertino Jr.
    Pages 13-38

  4. Drug Interactions with Antiretrovirals for HIV Infection

    • Stephen C. Piscitelli, Kimberly A. Struble
    Pages 39-60

  5. AIDS/HIV: Drugs for Opportunistic Infections

    • Alice Tseng
    Pages 61-107

  6. Drugs for Tuberculosis

    • Charles A. Peloquin
    Pages 109-120

  7. Quinolones

    • David R. P. Guay
    Pages 121-150

  8. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics

    • Melinda M. Neuhauser, Larry H. Danziger
    Pages 151-184

  9. Antifungal Agents

    • Paul O. Gubbins, Scott A. McConnell, Scott R. Penzak
    Pages 185-217

  10. Miscellaneous Antibiotics

    • Gregory M. Susla
    Pages 219-248

  11. Drug—Food Interactions

    • Kevin W. Garey, Keith A. Rodvold
    Pages 249-285

  12. Drug—Cytokine Interactions

    • Curtis E. Haas
    Pages 287-310

  13. Circumventing Drug Interactions

    • Douglas N. Fish
    Pages 311-331

  14. Design and Data Analysis in Drug Interaction Studies

    • David Nix, Keith Gallicano
    Pages 333-351

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 353-363
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Leading experts in antimicrobial pharmacology comprehensively review-and summarize for rapid access-important drug interactions that occur in the treatment of infectious diseases. The authors explain the mechanisms of drug-drug and drug-food interactions, examine their clinical significance and consequences, and detail practical clinical approaches to their management. Comprehensive and highly practical, Drug Interactions in Infectious Disease offers health care professionals treating infectious diseases in their daily practice a comprehensive source of quickly accessible information about drug interaction problems, their mechanisms of action, and the best strategies for their management in busy patient care.

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"This book provides both a conceptual approach and specific information about drug interactions and should constitute a useful reference for the entire health care team responsible for patient management: nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and physicians. For health care providers to produce desired outcomes for their patients, the approach and specific information available in this volume will prove a most valuable resource."-Foreword by Henry Masur MD, Chief, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health

"...provides quick and solid information regarding both pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic drug interactions. . .The text is suitable for many healthcare professional especially clinical pharmacists and physicians. The information and context within the book would be extremely useful to pharmacy students. Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases provides not only a vast array of drug interactions, but also the mechanisms behind the interactions as well as the clinical significance of each... One of the most interesting chapters is on the antiretrovirals. This chapter encompasses all types of drugs currently used to treat HIV. ... Techniques on avoiding drug interactions are provided throughout the book. ...provides the reader with basic strategies in minimizing the potential for drug interactions when selecting various agents. ...should be added to pharmacy school libraries....For clinical pharmacists and physicians the mechanisms of the interactions described in the text can serve as a tool in guiding treatment strategies of the patient and avoiding detrimental adverse events....We expect enhanced patient outcomes from this book."- Journal of Pharmacy Practice

"...highly recommended for all medical collections." -E-Streams

"I would recommend this book to anyone involved in the management of infectious disease...this volume is as comprehensive as anything currently available." -Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine

Editors and Affiliations

  • Clinical Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratory, Clinical Center Pharmacy Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Stephen C. Piscitelli

  • Pharmacy College of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Keith A. Rodvold

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