RT Book, Section
A1 Stork, Christine M.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2 Flomenbaum, Neal E.
SR Print(0)
ID 6515644
T1 Chapter 56. Antibacterials, Antifungals, and Antivirals
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 9e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160593-9
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6515644
RD 2021/03/05
AB Antimicrobials  in  the  forms  of  antibacterials,  antifungals,  and  antivirals  have  added  significantly  to  the  clinical  care  of  infected  patients  since  the  introduction  of  penicillin  in  the  1940s.  The  development  of  drug-resistant  strains  of  these  pathogens  has  greatly  expanded  the  number  of  antimicrobials  necessary,  and  this  has  increased  the  overall  potential  for  toxicity  after  use.  Fortunately,  toxicity  due  to  acute  overdose  and  even  chronic  therapeutic  doses  does  not  preclude  their  appropriate  use  in  the  majority  of  patients.