Nursing 2011 Anti-Infective Drug Handbook

Based on the best-selling Nursing Drug Handbook, this compact handbook offers the latest information on a vanguard of germ- and disease-fighting drugs. Nursing2011 Anti-infective Drug Handbook features complete monographs on hundreds of anti-infective drugs, including amebicides, antiprotozoals, and anthelmintics; aminoglycosides; antifungals, antimalarials; antiretrovirals; antituberculotics; antivirals; cephalosporins; fluoroquinolones; local anti-infectives; macrolide anti-infectives; penicillins; scabicides and pediculicides; sulfonamides; tetracyclines; and miscellaneous anti-infectives. Each monograph provides generic and trade names, pronunciation key, pregnancy risk category, pharmacologic class, available forms, indications and dosages, administration, action, adverse reactions, interactions, contraindications and cautions, nursing considerations, patient teaching, and more.