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Handbook of Antibiotics
2nd ed, by Richard E. Reese and Robert F. Betts, 655 pp, $27.50, paper, ISBN 0-316-73719-4, Boston, Mass, Little Brown & Co Inc, 1993.
Ronald H. Goldschmidt, MD, Reviewer
San Francisco General Hospital University of California— San Francisco
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(7):645-646.
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Most family physicians, myself included, consult some antibiotics reference source daily. Common choices are the Physician's Desk Reference, standard textbooks, or one of the antibiotic pocket handbooks. A single book that blends the convenience of the pocket antibiotic guides with some of the comprehensive material found in textbooks and in the Physician's Desk Reference would be most appealing. Therefore, when I received the Handbook of Antibiotics by Reese and Betts, I was eager to assess its usefulness.
I used the Handbook for a week as my sole initial reference source and, for the most part, was pleasantly surprised. The focus is on the antibiotics themselves, rather than on clinical syndromes. That focus turned out to be the most helpful one for me as I searched for specific information regarding quinoline antibiotics, hepatotoxicity from antituberculous medications, and treatment of Shigella enteritis. For each question, the answers were readily available. I was
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