EXPANDING INDICATIONS FOR THE NEW MACROLIDES, AZALIDES, AND STREPTOGRAMINS

New York: Marcel Dekker, 1997. Second Printing . Printed Brown Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/4" Tall. This is a volume in the publisher's series INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THERAPY. It records the proceedings of the "Third International Conference on Macrolides, Azalides, and Streptogramins (ICMAS III) [which] was held January 24-26, 1996, in Lisbon, Portugal. This meeting attracted over 1300 scientists, physicians, and clinical investigators from all over the world. The program included state of the art lectures, round table discussions, eight workshop symposia, research updates from industry, and over 300 poster presentations. SInce the first ICMAS meeting in January, 1992, enormous progress has been made in the research and development of new compounds and their application to clinical medicine. The volume includes plenary papers, summaries of the workshop symposia, and selected extended abstracts from the meeting." Fourteen papers are taken from the Plenary Sessions, and eight from the workshops, The expanded abstracts cover 15 topics, and include one to fourteen papers each. 694 pages, with tables, charts, photographs, Author Index, and Subject Index; plus xxi pages Series Introduction, Preface, Contents, and Contributors; References at the end of each paper. Covers are sound, but show ink loss on lettering; text is strong, but slightly grimed at edges.