This volume offers authoritative, up-to-date guidance on the use of antimicrobial agents in the treatment of
urinary tract infections. The book begins with a review of the principles of antimicrobial therapy and then discusses specific clinical problems. Topics covered include antimicrobial antibody treatment of
pyelonephritis and sepsis; treatment of complicated and uncomplicated urinary tract infections; bacteriuria and urinary tract infections in the elderly; prostatitis; antimicrobial prophylaxis in
genitourinary surgery; diagnosis and therapy of clinical and subclinical prosthetic infection; pharmacologic treatment of genitourinary fungal infections; antibiotic therapy in infection