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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Fausto Biancari –
As a medical student and now resident, this book has been a reliable companion. It walks the line between being too simplified and overwhelmingly technical
Amanda –
Good Affordable Antibiotic Book
vivek shauhan –
Other antibiotic references cost a fortune; this is relatively economical but doesn’t sacrifice utility. I carry the pocket version to rounds
Farah Samir –
This edition adds just enough new content to stay current without bloating. The key tables and summaries are extremely helpful for shift use