Electives

Selected References

Pharmacokinetics & Phamacodynamics of Antimicrobial Agents

• Pharmacodynamics of antimicrobial drugs
• Principles of use of antibacterial agents

Beta-Lactams, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems

Aminoglycosides

• Once versus three-times daily regimens of tobramycin treatment for pulmonary exacerbations of cystic fibrosis—the TOPIC study: a randomized controlled trial

Quinolones

Vancomycin, Daptomycin, Linezolid

• Antibiotics for gram-positive bacterial infections: vancomycin, quinupristin-dalfopristin, linezolid, and daptomycin

Sulfonamides (TMP/SMX)

Metronidazole, Nitazoxanide

Macrolides & Clindamycin

• Macrolides and ketolides: azithromycin, clarithromycin, telithromycin

Tetracyclines—Doxycycline, Minocycline & Glycyclines—Tigecycline

Miscellaneous Agents-Colistin

• Nebulized Colistin in the Treatment of Pneumonia Due to Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Colistin: the re-emerging antibiotic for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections 

Anti-Tuberculous Agents

• American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: Treatment of Tuberculosis 
• An Official ATS Statement: Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy
• An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases

Anti-Viral (Excluding Anti-Retrovirals) Agents

Anti-Retroviral Agents

• Drugs for HIV Infection
• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents

Anti-Fungal Agents—Azoles

Anti-Fungal Agents—Echinocandins

Anti-Fungal Agents—Amphotericin B