General information

Infectious and parasitic diseases are still important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the last 5 years in our country, according to data from DATASUL, about 300 000 people died due to complications of infectious diseases, in this same period, our health system has spent about 4 billion reais in-hospital treatment of these diseases.

For our patients who are not part of this sad statistic, we must do our part, indicating effective treatments and propagating security measures equally important in the management of infections! And all this you will find in the GUIDE TO ANTIMICROBIAL!

A complete application on the subject, like no other in our country! Do not kid yourself ... guide antimicrobial more known worldwide, although prepared very carefully, contains several flaws in the indications for the treatment of our patients, after all, the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of etiologic agents varies widely from country to country. Thus, for a more effective therapeutic indication, even knowing only the agents that infect our population ...

In GUIDE ANTIMICROBIAL you will find:

- Indications for over 500 different infections in adults and children, all based on consensus BRAZILIAN, specialty societies recognized qualified (Brazilian Society of Cardiology, Soc Bras. Pediatrics, Soc Bras. Thoracic, Soc Bras. Otolaryngology etc.).

- PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY - indications according to the type of surgery, the appropriate antimicrobial, and administered at the right time at the right time ... the key to reducing infectious complications after surgery!

- DRUG GUIDE UPDATED with about 100 leaflets summarized antimicrobials, with information such as: Active Ingredient, Trade Names, indications, precautions, Pediatric and Adult Doses, Side Effects and still WAY OF DILUTION AND ADMINISTRATION, CORRECTION FOR RENAL, CLASSIFICATION OF RISK IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION, among other vital information.

- EXTRA: texts elaborated by a multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and microbiologists with valuable information as:

. PHARMACOLOGIC GUIDE UPDATED with information on all classes of drugs used in our country (antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, antiprotozoal, antiviral ...) with explanations on the mechanism of action of various drugs;

. COMMON BACTERIA - text that classifies 180 bacteria most commonly involved in human infections;

. GUIDELINES - for prophylaxis in cases of: Tetanus, Rabies, Accident Risk Biological Invasive Aspergillosis;

. PRECAUTIONS AND INSULATION - some infections require special care so that accidental contamination does not occur. When and how to "INSULATION CONTACT"? What kind of "RESPIRATORY ISOLATION" I do for patients with BK? ... Learn what to do and how to do in different situations!

Our application used as references, among others, the following publications:

- BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF PEDIATRICS. Course of antimicrobials in pediatric clinical practice: practical guide to managing the clinic, and the emergency ward, 2003.

- FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. Guide to use of anti-infectives and recommendations for prevention of nosocomial infections. 4. ed. Sao Paulo: USP, 2009-2011.

- TAVARES, W. Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for the clinician. 2. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Atheneu, 2009.

- GUIDELINES Brazilian in community-acquired pneumonia in pediatrics 2007. Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology, Brasilia, v. 33 n. (Supll 1) p.S31-S50. 2007.

- BRAZILIAN valvular GUIDELINE - Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2011 / I Guidance Inter-American Valve Disease - 2011 SIAC Arq Bras Cardiol 97 (5 supl.1): 1-67, 2011.