Description

Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease-producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue. This book contains the most comprehensive text in the field of Antibiotic and Chemotherapy. It provides globally relevant coverage of all types of antibiotics used in human medicine. This book has been compiled to capture the advances in chemotherapy and incorporates a number of changing therapeutic approaches to selected infections. The aim is to provide an international compendium of information on the properties of antibiotics and advice on their clinical application in the care of patients. This is a high quality book that will be useful to a wide variety of students, residents, and clinicians. The book focusses on treatment and is consolidated by coverage of the general principles and laboratory management of chemotherapy coupled with antibiotics. Language of the book is very simple. It consists of contributions made by international experts. This book will give immense pleasure to the reader and is a good companion to the students and research scholars alike.