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Introducing www.antimicrobe.orgwww.antimicrobe.org is a reference tool for physicians, microbiologists, and pharmacists who are interested in pathogens and antimicrobial agents. Victor L. Yu, professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and chief, Infectious Disease Section, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is editor-in-chief of this resource. Content is based upon his textbooks Antimicrobial Therapy and Vaccines, Vol. I: Microbes, and Antimicrobial Therapy and Vaccines Volume II: Antimicrobial Agents. Also contained in this resource is HIV Clinical Manual, edited by David D. Ho. Above is an example entry for the pathogen Histoplasma Capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) with Mycin Query Search links Each of these texts can be browsed independently by clicking on the specific book link. For instance, to locate a microbial pathogen, click on the Microbes link below the picture of that textbook. Select the specific microbial pathogen listed in alphabetic order within the sections titled Bacteria, Mycobacteria, Rickettsia, Fungi, Viruses, Parasites, and Miscellaneous. For easy chapter reading a “Sliding Table of Contents” is available to allow simplified navigation through the structured content. A unique feature of www.antimicrobe.org is the Mycin Query Search, which provides search templates for locating specific therapeutic recommendations from drug choice, dosing, routes of administration and end-point-monitoring. To use this search, click the Mycin Search Query link following the name of any individual pathogen in the Microbes textbook. Contained in the Mycin Query Search is a feature called Guided PubMed Search, providing a quick, albeit limited, pre-defined PubMed search on the given topic. To access www.antimicrobe.org go to the HSLS Database by Title page under the letter “W” at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources/databases/titles/W>
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