INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE LOWER EXTERMITIES (hb)1991

Thirty-four contributions categorize normal and opportunistic microflora, identify the microbes involved, describe clinical symptomology, and suggest empiric antimicrobial therapy for a wide variety of lower extremity infections Special attention is given to surgical infections with regard to care, technique, methodology, incision and drainage, debridement, and amputation Antimicrobial agents are reviewed with generic and trade nomenclature, mechanisms of action, adverse effects, spectrum of activity of susceptible and resistant microbes, route of administration, and dosage schedules Annotation c Book News, Inc, Portland, OR (booknewscom) Author: Carl Abramson and Daniel J Mccarthy