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Acknowledgments: We remain indebted to Carolyn
Wickwire for her outstanding preparation of the manuscript,
which this year you may recognize as totally reformatted to
include dosages in T able 1. W e also thank the staff of Gateway Graphics for prompt, accurate printing and the staff at
Fox Bindery for similarly prompt, accurate binding and delivery.
Guide
Some of the recommendations in the
agents for purposes or in dosages other than recommended in product labeling. Such recommendations are
based upon reports in peer-reviewed publications, usually
more recent, and/or common usage. They are made only
with due consideration of the concerns by the Food and
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Guide
The
publication. Neither Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. nor JPS
receives reimbursement related to the
from sales. Further, JPS is not and has not been a funded
investigator for any antimicrobial agents since 1974.
is not subject to any form of approval prior to
Jay P. Sanford, M.D., Editor-in-Chief
5910 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1955
Dallas, Texas 75206, USA
February 1996
Guide
suggest use of
is not prepared for
Guide
other than
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CARD
CLEAR
GAMES
LIST
MENU
MORE
ON/OFF
SPEC
ACNT
BACK
ENTER
HELP
SAY
SHIFT
SPACE
? *
Key Guide
Function Keys
Exit the digital book.
Clear to the default state.
No effect.
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or start the highlight in a table.
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No effect. (This key found on DBS-2D.)
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At the Word Search screen, type a space.
At a menu or table, page down.
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At the Word Search screen, type an asterisk as
a wild card to stand for missing letters. (T o type
an asterisk, hold
SHIFT
and press
? *
.)
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Key Guide
Direction Keys
Scroll down or up.
Move the cursor or the highlight left or right.
DN
Page down or up.
UP
Gold Key Combinations*
BACK
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N
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+ In a menu, highlight the last or first
item. In a table, go to the next or previous row heading.
+ DN UPIn a table, go to the next or previous row
heading or subheading. After entering a
word search, display the Outline location
of the next or previous match. At a menu,
+ DN highlights the next item starting
with the letters you’ve typed.
*To use a key combination, hold the first key while pressing the sec-
represents the gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.
ond.
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Installing the Digital Book
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ON/OFF
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Changing the Settings
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the shutoff time of this digital book.
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you press
Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press
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Set Default State
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CLEAR
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Set Type Size
, or
Set Shutoff
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ENTER
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Using the Outline
The tables of the
Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
are
listed in the Outline. Using the Outline, you can view
any row of any table. Here is how.
1. Press
MENU
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CLEAR
if
Or press
Outline menu
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Antibacterial Agents—Adverse Reactions
Or simply type its number (e.g.,
is the default state.
8A:
).
8A
).
The indicates a lower level of the Outline.
4. Press
5. Highlight a row heading (e.g.,
ENTER
.
Quinolones
).
Type its first letters or scroll to it.
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ENTER
.
Ofloxacin
).
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Using the Outline
8. Press
ENTER
.
9. Press or DN to read the table.
SPEC
10. Press
11. Press
12. Press
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again to back up through the Outline.
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To go to. . .Press. . .
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+ or
heading in an Outline level
the top level
+
from any Outline level
a table from any heading
the nearest Outline level
+
SPEC
from a table
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read it. To exit help, press
HELP
. Press or DN to
BACK
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BACK
ENTER
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Using the Outline
✓ Understanding the Outline
The tables listed on the Outline generally correspond to the tables in the printed
microbial Therapy
(1996 ed.). However, some
Guide to Anti-
tables (e.g., Table 4) have been divided.
The submenus in the Outline usually list the
row headings and subheadings of a table.
Some row headings have been alphabetized or
rearranged for easier reference. The information in each column is presented as text.
✓ Finding Drug Equivalents
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their common trade names, and vice versa. To
find an equivalent, first select Table 25A or 25B.
Then type a generic or trade name and press
ENTER
. To go back to the Outline, press
BACK
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then hold
and press . Next, press
and type an abbreviation. Finally, press
to view its meaning.
You can also view the Abbreviations Glossary by
selecting
Abbreviations
from the Index.
ENTER
ENTER
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Using the Index
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to highlight it on the Index. Try this example.
1. Highlight the Index.
2. Start typing a word or phrase (e.g.,
To undo a letter, press
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The indicates multiple references.
3. When the entry is highlighted, press
hepatic abscess
.
ENTER
.
).
4. Highlight a reference and then press
5. Press
6. Press
7. Press
or DN to read.
BACK
repeatedly to go back to the Index.
CLEAR
when you’re done.
✓ Viewing Complete Menu Items
Some Index entries and other menu items are
too long to fit on one line. To view a full menu
item, highlight it and then press
12
? *
.
ENTER
.
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Searching for Words
Y ou can quickly find the occurrences, or “matches,” of
nearly any word or phrase in this book. For example,
you can look up an anatomic site, organism, or drug.
Your word searches can contain up to five words. This
search will find matches regardless of order or proximity. Y ou
can’t search for certain names and for very common words
such as
the
and
and
. And you don’t need to type capitals.
1. Highlight
2. Press
Or press
3. T ype one or more words (e.g.,
4. Press
Word Search
ENTER
.
CLEAR
if
ENTER
.
on the Search menu
Word Search
is the default state.
rheumatic fever
This is the Outline location of the first match.
5. Press
ENTER
to view the first match.
).
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Searching for Words
The matching words are boxed.
6. Press plus DN to view the Outline locations
of the next matches.
To view a previous match, hold and press UP.
7. When
Remaining matches in Index
press
MENU
.
appears,
After entering a word search, only those tables and
Index entries with matches are listed on the Outline
and Index. The number of matches in each menu is
indicated.
8. Select an item from the Outline or Index.
9. When done, press
CLEAR
to clear your search.
✓ If You Misspell a Word
When you enter a misspelled search word, a list
of corrections appears.
Highlight a correction and then press
search. Or press
BACK
to edit your search word(s).
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ENTER
to
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Searching for Words
✓ Expanding Y our Searches
You can expand a word search by pressing
up to five times after you have entered search
word(s). Each time that you press
MORE
ous matches are discarded and new matches, if
any, of synonyms and similar words are found.
For example, enter
screen. Then press
pands to find the matches for
kidney
at the Word Search
MORE
repeatedly. The search ex-
renal
and
nephritis.
MORE
, the previ-
✓ Changing Y our Searches
After entering a word search, you can change
your search word(s) by pressing
selecting
Change Search Query
menu. Then type your changes.
For example, you may want to add search words
to a search that finds too many matches.
MENU
and then
from the Search
✓ Searching for Parts of a Word
If you are not sure which form of a word to
search for, enter a word with one or more asterisks in place of missing letters (e.g.,
type an asterisk, hold
SHIFT
and press
cyclo
✻
). To
? *
.
Then select a completion to search for it.
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Highlighting Search Words
You can also search for words by highlighting them
in a table. Remember, words such as
too common to search for. T ry this example.
1. Highlight
4C: Features of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Generation Cephalosporins
2. Hold
and press
ENTER
to go to the table.
the
and of are
on the Outline.
3. Press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
You can turn off the highlight by pressing
4. Press the arrow keys to highlight
5. Press
ENTER
to search for it.
cephapirin
6. Hold and press DN to view the Outline
locations of the next matches.
7. T o select an item from the menus press
CLEAR
8. Press
when done.
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BACK
MENU
.
.
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Reading the T ables
The tables of the printed
Therapy
(1996 edition) are presented in this digital
Guide to Antimicrobial
book as indented and bulleted text. The table titles
are boldfaced and row headings and subheadings
are bulleted and indented.
Once you’ve found a table using the Outline or the Index, or by searching for words, you can read the table
using the Direction keys and gold key combinations.
Try this example.
1. Highlight
Clinical Grounds
2. Hold
1: Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy on
on the Outline.
and press
ENTER
to go to the table.
3. Hold and press repeatedly to go to the
next row headings.
4. Hold and press DN repeatedly to go the next
row headings and subheadings.
5. Press or to scroll down or up.
DN
6. Press
7. Press
or UP to page down or up.
CLEAR
when done.
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Reading the Tables
✓ Finding Y our Location
When you’re reading a table, you can view the Outline
location of the current section by pressing
? *
.
Then press
Please note that when you press
BACK
to go back to the table.
? *
at a table,
you don’t go to the Outline itself but a snapshot
of your current location.
✓ Going to the Outline from a T able
The quickest way to use the Outline when you’re
reading a table is to press
corresponding heading in the nearest level of the
Outline. Then you can use
tion keys to move through the Outline.
SPEC
. You’ll go to the
SPEC
and the Direc-
✓ Viewing Abbreviation Meanings
Here is a quick way to view the meanings of
many abbreviations that you see in tables.
First, start the highlight in a table by pressing
ENTER
. Then use the arrow keys to highlight an
abbreviation. Finally, press
meaning, if one is available. To go back to the
table, press
BACK
.
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ENTER
to view its
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Reading Footnotes and References
Throughout the tables of this digital book, you’ll see
these icons:
You can highlight and read references in footnotes
by following Steps 3 and 5 above.
6. Press
BACK
to go back to the tables.
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Reading Footnotes and References
✓ A Quick Way to Read Footnotes
and References
Once you’ve highlighted an icon (, , ,
or
) in a table, you can highlight any other
icons currently in view by holding and pressing
ENTER
repeatedly. When the icon you want is highlighted, press
ENTER
to read its contents.
✓ Understanding Cross-References
When you highlight and select an in a table, the cross-referenced table appears. To go
back to the highlighted
, press
BACK
.
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Using Notes
You can add your own notes to the tables of this
digital book. Your notes then serve as annotated
bookmarks for personalized quick reference.
▲
Adding a Note
You can place only one note in a section of a table
note can contain up to 23 characters. The number of
notes you can place depends on the length of each note.
1. When a table is on the screen, press
. Each
LIST
.
BACK
ENTER
to select
ENTER
to add the already typed note.
Add note
.
.
ENTER
.
and press
2. Press
3. Press
Or type your own note and press
To exit without adding a note, hold
✓ A Quick Way to Add a Note
You can quickly add a note to the section of the
table you’re reading by holding
. Then enter your note.
N
and pressing
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Using Notes
▲
Finding and Reading a Note
Once you’ve added notes, use your note list to find
them. Your notes are listed alphanumerically.
LIST
1. When a table is on screen, press
2. Press
to highlight a note.
Type its first few letters or scroll to it.
.
3. Press
4. Press
5. Press
6. Press
ENTER
to go to the in the table.
ENTER
twice to view the note.
BACK
to go back to in the table.
BACK
again to turn off the highlight.
✓ A Quick Way to Read a Note
When you see a in a table, you can quickly
read it by highlighting the and then pressing
ENTER
. To highlight a , press
use the arrow keys or hold
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ENTER
and press
and then
ENTER
.
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Using Notes
▲
Removing a Note
1. Find a in a table.
T o learn how, read “Finding and Reading a Note.”
LIST
2. Press
.
3. Press
ENTER
to select
Remove note
.
✓ Saving Your Notes
Your notes will be saved until:
• You remove this digital book and install another;
• You reset the Digital Book System;
• You remove one or more batteries; or
• The batteries lose all power.
✓ Removing All Your Notes
When this digital book is installed, you can remove all your notes at one time by resetting the
Digital Book System. To learn how, read “Resetting” in “Using the Digital Book System.”
WARNING: Resetting the Digital Book System
erases information that you have entered in any
currently installed digital books.
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Looking Up Words in Other Books
In order to look up words in another digital book, you
can transfer a word between this digital book and
certain other installed digital books. For example,
you might notice a condition listed in the
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PDR
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To look up words from or in another installed digital
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To learn if it can, read its User’s Manual.
1. Install both books in your Digital Book System.
2. Press
CARD
and select the sending digital book.
3. Highlight a word in the sending digital book.
To learn how, read the appropriate section of its User’s Manual.
4. Hold
and press
CARD
.
5. Select the receiving digital book.
The word that you highlighted appears in the
initial screen of the receiving digital book.
6. Press
ENTER
to search for the word.
7. T o return to the sending digital book,
CARD
press
and then select its icon.
Pocket
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Using the Digital Book System
®
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If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically, press
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Specifications
Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
(Model IC-166)
• Multilevel Outline and Index
• Word search by entering or highlighting words
• Search expansion
• Abbreviations meanings
• Spelling correction with ✽ wild card
• User-entered notes
• Footnotes, bibliographic, and cross-references
• Transfers words from other books
• Context-sensitive help messages
• Self-demonstration
• Adjustable type size, default state, & shutoff time
U.S. Patents: 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 5,113,340;
5,218,536; 5,396,606; DES 348,439; DES 349,281.
European Patent: 0 136 379.
Patents Pending.
ISBN 1-56712-339-2
, 1996 Edition
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navigating 10
understanding 11
using shortcuts 10
viewing the location of a