Contents Preface v Guest Editors vii Introduction x List of abbreviations xiii 1. Antibiotics for pulmonary infections: an overview 1 Matteo Bassetti and Elda Righi 2. Antibiotic resistance in pulmonary infections: mechanisms 21 and epidemiology Oliwia Makarewicz, Mareike Klinger-Strobel, Ralf Ehricht, Michael Kresken and Mathias W. Pletz 3. Antibiotics in critical care: dosing, therapeutic drug monitoring 44 and continuous infusions Maya Hites and Fabio Silvio Taccone 4. Inhaled antibiotics in chronic airway infections 57 Felix C. Ringshausen, James D. Chalmers and Mathias W.Pletz 5. Inhaled antibiotics in critical care 80 Charles-Edouard Luyt and Jean Chastre 6. Identifying patients with pneumonia due to MDR organisms coming 97 from the community Marta Di Pasquale, Stefano Aliberti, Paolo Tarsia and Francesco Blasi 7. Antibiotic stewardship in the community 111 Eleni Papakonstantinou and Daiana Stolz 8. Antibiotic stewardship in the hospital setting 127 James D. Chalmers and Mathias W. Pletz 9. Antibiotics in acute exacerbation of asthma and COPD 150 Gernot G.U. Rohde ERS monograph Anti-infectives and the Lung Number 75 March 2017