Improper use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is threatening to render these drugs ineffective. This book is aimed at medical students and medical practitioners in the developed and developing world, and seeks to encourage good prescribing habits in the management of all types of infection.

It can truly be considered to cover, at a basic level, "all you need to know" about antimicrobial chemotherapy and can be highly recommended for junior clinical staff, pharmacy staff and junior biomedical scientists; their more senior colleagues will also find much of value in this new edition of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.' British Journal of Biomedical Science 'This updated textbook provides young doctors and students with the fundamental principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and extensively rewritten. Drugs of Today '...excellently suited for trainee nurses, pharmacists and medical laboratory science officers ...Its short, but comprehensive covering of the topic make it highly advisable for everyone looking for basic knowledge of the properties and uses of antimicrobial drugs.' Infection 'I think this is a useful reference textbook which undergraduate medical students will find beneficial in coming to grips with the principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy.' Journal of Medical Microbiology.

Historical introduction
PART I: General properties of antimicrobial agents
D. Greenwood: Inhibitors of bacterial cell
wall synthesis
D. Greenwood: Inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis
D. Greenwood: Synthetic antibacterial agents and miscellaneous antibiotics
D. Greenwood: Antifungal agents
D. Greenwood: Antiprotozoal and antheminthic agents
W.L.
Irving: Antiviral agents
W.L.Irving: Antiretroviral agents
PART II: Laboratory aspects of antimicrobial therapy
D.Greenwood and R.C.B.Slack: Antibiotic sensitivity testing and assay
D.Greenwood: Antibiotic interactions
R.C.B.Slack: Use of the laboratory
PART III: Resistance to antimicrobial agents
K.J.Towner: The problem of resistance
K.J.Towner: Mechanisms of acquired resistance
K.J.Towner: The genetics of
resistance
A.M.Emerson: Control of the spread of resistance
PART IV: General principles of usage of antimicrobial agents
R.G.Finch: General principles of the treatment of infection
D.Greenwood: Pharmacokinetics
R.G.Finch: Prescribing in the young and elderly
R.G. Finch: Adverse reactions to antibiotics
R.C.B.Slack: Chemoprophylaxis
PART V: The therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents
A.M.Emmerson: Respiratory tract infections
R.C.B.Slack: Urinary infections
R.G.Finch: Gastrointestinal infections
R.G.Finch: Bacteraemia and endocarditis
P.J.Wilkinson: Skin and soft-tissue infections
P.J.Wilkinson: Bone and joint infections
A.M.Emmerson: Mycobacterial disease
R.G.Finch: Meningitis and brain abscess
W.L.Irving: Viral infections
R.G.Finch: Infection and immunocompromised patients
R.C.B.Slack: Venereal diseases
R.C.B.Slack: Parasitic diseases
R.C.B.Slack: Topical use of antimicrobial agents
D.Greenwood: Postscript:The development and marketing of antimicrobial drugs.