The 4th edition of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases
is being split into two separate volumes - "Mechanisms and Models of
Drug Interactions" and "Antimicrobial Drug Interactions".
This volume, "Antimicrobial Drug Interactions," delivers a quick
clinical resource that distills relevant drug interactions by
antimicrobial drug class. The book provides informative tables on
specific drug-drug interactions that include the degree and severity of
the expected interaction. A mechanistic basis for drug-drug interactions
is also provided to link observed interactions to pharmacologic
characteristics of key drug classes. This complete resource is organized
by major antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antiviral, antifungal,
antimalarial, and antiprotozoal class. In line with current innovations
in antimicrobial drug development, a distinct chapter on the
pharmacologic management of drug interactions in hepatitis B virus (HBV)
and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related infections is included. Two new
chapters are dedicated to the management of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) drug-drug interactions given the breadth of antiretroviral
class-specific effects. This comprehensive review of known drug
interactions and strategies to manage them is an invaluable resource to
all health care practitioners.