The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2020

The 50th edition of the leading clinical reference on treatment of infectious diseases and anti-infective drug information. Helpful in day-to-day practice and as a component of your organization's antimicrobial stewardship program, The Sanford Guide provides valuable guidance in the age of antibiotic resistance. Popular with physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians, The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy provides information that is convenient, concise, and reliable. What's new in 2020: Table 1: Numerous updates Table 2: Updated treatment options overview, especially gram-negative bacilli Table 3: Duration of therapy: bacteremia, bone, genital, intra-abdominal, kidney Table 4: New drugs and updates reflecting shifting susceptibility/resistance patterns Table 5: Highly resistant bacteria, especially GNB Table 6: MRSA Table 7: New desensitization protocols Table 8: Pregnancy risk & lactation safety for new drugs Table 9: PK & interactions data for new drugs Table 10: New antibacterials, including cefidericol, imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam, lefamulin and drug information for agents available in other regions, e.g., IV forsfomycin Table 11: Updated recommendations, including Candida auris Table 12: Updated recommendations for MDR tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria Table 13: Updated recommendations and drug availability for intestinal protozoa, malaria, trypanosomiasis, worms Table 14: Adenovirus, coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Ebola, Epstein-Barr virus, neonatal herpes, influenza, measles; HIV – new ARVs Table 15: Surgical prophylaxis Table 16: Updated pediatric dosing for new and older drugs Table 17: Renal impairment adjustments for new and some older drugs; updated obesity dosing Table 22: Drug-drug interactions updates for new and existing antimicrobials