| The book contains numerous charts, tables and figures, including chemical structures for most antimicrobials that readers will find very useful. |
| The oxazolidinones are a new family of totally synthetic antimicrobials for which there are no pre-existing resistance genes in bacteria. |
| Topical antimicrobials are considered drugs by the FDA and are regulated as such. |
| If the patient is in severe pain or is feverish antimicrobials such as metronidazole 200 mg thrice daily for up to five days may be indicated. |
| The antimicrobials used most frequently are amoxicillin, sulfonamides and cephalosporins. |
| Vaccines and antimicrobials may need to be stockpiled so that they can be mobilised rapidly and distributed to large numbers of people. |
