IAP Specialty Series on Rational Antimicrobial Practice in Pediatrics

SECTION I: BASICS OF MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

1. Rational Antimicrobial Therapy: Need of the Hour

2. Basics of Microbiologic Diagnosis

3. Antimicrobial Resistance: Current Scenario

4. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobials

5. Penicillins and Monobactams

6. Cephalosporins

7. Carbapenems

8. Beta-lactam and Beta-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations

9. Aminoglycosides

10. Macrolides and Azalides

11. Quinolones

12. Glycopeptides, Lipopeptides, Oxazolidinones, and Glycolipopeptides

13. Polymyxins, Newer Tetracyclines and Fosfomycin

14. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs

SECTION II: ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY OF INFECTIONS

15. General Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

16. Practicing Rational Antimicrobial Therapy

17. Antimicrobial Therapy in Acute Gastroenteritis

18. Antimicrobial Therapy in Intra-abdominal Infections

19. Antimicrobial Therapy in Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

20. Antimicrobial Therapy in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

21. Antitubercular Therapy

22. Antimicrobial Therapy in Enteric Fever

23. Antimicrobial Therapy in Urinary Tract Infections

24. Antimicrobial Therapy in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

25. Antimicrobial Therapy in Skeletal Infections

26. Antimicrobial Therapy in Central Nervous System Infections

27. Antimicrobial Therapy in Infective Endocarditis

28. Antimicrobial Therapy in Neonatal Sepsis

29. Antimicrobial Therapy in Septic Shock

30. Antimicrobial Therapy of Healthcare-associated Infections

31. Antimicrobial Therapy in Febrile Neutropenia

32. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis

33. Antimalarial Therapy

34. Antiretroviral Therapy

35. Anthelminthic Therapy

36. Antiviral Therapy

37. Antifungal Therapy

38. Antimicrobial Therapy of Assorted Infections

SECTION III: CASE SCENARIOS OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY

39. Rational Antimicrobial Therapy-Illustrative Cases

SECTION IV: READY RECKONER FOR ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS

40. Antimicrobial Formulary

Index