Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials: general concepts and applications / William A. Craig -- Impact of pharmacodynamics for susceptibility breakpoint selection and susceptibility testing / Johan W. Mouton ... [et al.] -- In vitro antibiotic models as tools to predict antibiotic pharmacodynamics / Alexander A. Firsov, Steven H. Zinner, and Irene Y. Lubenko -- Animal models of infection for the study of antibiotic pharmacodynamics / David Griffith and Michael N. Dudley -- The predictive value of laboratory tests for efficacy of antibiotic combination therapy / Jan G. den Hollander and Johan W. Mouton -- [Beta]-lactam pharmacodynamics / Zenzaburo Tozuka and Takeo Murakawa -- Aminoglycosides / Myo-Kyung Kim and David P. Nicolau -- Quinolones / Paul G. Ambrose, Sujata M. Bhavnani, and Robert C. Owens, Jr. -- Glycopeptide pharmacodynamics / Elizabeth D. Hermsen, Gigi H. Ross, and John C. Rotschafer -- Macrolide, azalide, and ketolides / Sanjay Jain, William Bishai, and Charles H. Nightingale -- Metronidazole and clindamycin for anaerobic infections / Elizabeth D. Hermsen and John C. Rotschafer --

Streptogramins oxazolididones / Darren Abbanat, Mark Macielag, and Karen Bush -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of tetracyclines / David Andes and William A. Craig -- The clinical pharmacology of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors / Jennifer J. Kiser and Courtney V. Fletcher -- Pharmacodynamics of antivirals / George L. Drusano -- Antifungal agents pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of amphotericin B / David Andes -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of azoles / Johan W. Mouton -- Gulcan synthase inhibitors / Tawanda Gumbo, Fumiaki Ikeda, and Arnold Louie -- Antimalarial agents / Elizabeth A. Ashley and Nicholas J. White -- Human pharmacodynamics of anti-infectives: determination from clinical trial data / George L. Drusano -- Application of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in antimicrobial global drug development / Sujata M. Bhavnani -- Modeling of toxicities due to antibiotics / Alan Forrest and George L. Drusano -- Pharmacodynamics and antibacterial resistance / Philip D. Lister, Nancy D. Hanson, and Anton F. Ehrhardt -- The principles of pharmacoeconomics / Craig I. Coleman, Effie L. Kuti, and Joseph L. Kuti.