Antibiotic Essentials (18th edition) 2024 edition

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By: Cheston B. Cunha, Burke A. Cunha

Antibiotic Essentials (18th Edition, 2024) is a concise and clinically focused reference designed to support fast and accurate decision-making in antimicrobial therapy. Widely used by infectious disease specialists, internists, hospitalists, pharmacists, and trainees, it provides streamlined guidance on diagnosis-based treatment, drug selection, and dosing strategies across a wide range of infections.

 📌 This updated 2024 edition includes:

 ✅ Evidence-based recommendations for bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections

 ✅ Clear empiric and pathogen-directed therapy tables

 ✅ Guidance on drug mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, interactions, and toxicity monitoring

 ✅ Updated resistance patterns and stewardship considerations

Quick-access sections for special populations such as immunocompromised, renal/hepatic impairment, pediatrics, and geriatrics

Organized in a handbook-style format, it allows clinicians to move rapidly from clinical presentation → likely pathogens → recommended antimicrobial options, making it ideal for use at the bedside, in the clinic, or during on-call consultations.

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