The revised and up-to-date third edition of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases delivers a text that will enhance your clinical knowledge of the complex mechanisms, risks, and consequences of drug interactions associated with antimicrobials, infection, and inflammation. The third edition features five new chapters that cover material not addressed in previous editions. These new chapters describe interactions with a number of drug classes such as non-HIV antiviral, antimalarial, antiparasitic, antihelmintic, macrolide, azalide and ketolide agents. A novel chapter on probe cocktail studies has been included to highlight an important research tool for drug development. These chapters address material that cannot be retrieved easily in the medical literature. The highly acclaimed food-drug interactions as well as the study design and analysis chapters remain definitive references. The newly written drug-cytokine interaction highlights the need for our improved understanding of the complex interrelationship of acute infection, inflammation, and the risk of drug interactions. Informative tables on specific drug-drug interactions are provided throughout the chapters as a quick clinical resource. The Third Edition of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases is a distillation of relevant drug interactions associated with antimicrobials, infection, and inflammation. This concise review of the mechanisms and strategies to manage drug interactions should be valuable to all health care practitioners. Features - Definitive reference source of up-to-date information on antimicrobial drug interactions - Informative tables on the degree of interaction for specific antimicrobial agents - In-depth discussion of mechanisms and potential mechanistic pathways of interaction - New chapters on non-HIV antiviral, antimalarial, antiparasitic, and macrolide, azalide and ketolide agents - New chapter on probe-cocktail studies as a research tool to study drug-drug interactions - Inclusionof new antimicrobial agents and their associated drug interactions - First rate chapters on study design and analysis, and drug-food interactions - A fresh perspective on drug-cytokine interactions - Authoritative chapter on regulatory considerations of drug interactions during drug development
From the reviews of the third edition: "The third edition of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases covers all drug interactions relevant to the management of Infectious Diseases in a systematic, comprehensive and clear way. It will be a useful point of reference for Infectious Diseases clinicians, clinical pharmacologists and clinical pharmacists managing patients in this complex area of practice." (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 75 (3), March, 2013) "The editors of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases, Third Edition ... present an updated review of information related to the importance of drug interactions in infectious disease. Each chapter provides extensive evidence, accompanied by a bibliography, to make a valuable tertiary reference. ... The introduction allows the book to be read by experienced practitioners as well as interested professionals in the area of infectious disease. ... It will be a valuable resource for any medical professional prescribing and monitoring antimicrobial therapy." (Jessica Winter, Clinical Infectious Diseases, December, 2012) From the reviews: "...an invaluable reference source for health practitioners working in the field of infectious diseases..." -Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy "...an interesting and extensively referenced book that should prove extremely helpful to pharmacists, pharmacologists, and medical educators...can also benefit ID clinicians, as a useful reference and a review of the mechanisms of drug interactions." -Clinical Infectious Diseases "....a useful and impressive book...an essential reference source." -British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology "...recommend[ed] to anyone involved in the management of infectious disease." -Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine "...highly recommended for all medical collections." -E-Streams "...a valuable text for all practitioners involved in using anti-infective agents...provide[s] insight into the very important issue of drug interactions." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "...excellently presented and readable." -BTS Newsletter "...superior." -BTS Newsletter