Antimicrobial drug action and interaction: an introduction; Antimicrobial susceptibility and drug dosage prediction; Antimicrobial drug resistance and its epidemiology; Principles of antimicrobial drug disposition; Principles of antimicrobial drug selection and use; Beta-lactam antibiotics: penicillins, cephalosporins, and newer antibiotics; Polymixins, vancomycin, bacitracin; Aminoglycosides and aminocyclitols; Lincosamides and macrolides; Chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol; The tetracyclines; Antimicrobial drugs that inhibit nucleic acid function; Sulfonamides, trimethoprim and their combination; Miscellaneous antibiotics; Antifungal chemotherapy; Antiviral chemotherapy; Special considerations - urinary tract infections, infections of the nervous system, infections of the eyes, anaerobic infections, dosage in neonatal animals, antimicrobial dosage in renal impairment, atypical mycobacterial and nocardial infections, antibiotics in pregnancy; Bovine mastitis; Growth promotion and feed antibiotics; Antibiotic residues; Appendices.
