title: Infectious disease guides. For users of hand-held computers.
abstract: The Sanford Guide is an independent, comprehensive authoritative reference on treatment of infectious disease . It can be difficult to navigate, and it costs $25 (US). The ePocrates ID program is smaller but is quicker to use. It also interfaces with a drug database. The ABX POC-IT Guide is well designed and includes antibiotic monographs but currently has the least extensive disease database of the three programs, and furthermore, it lacks pediatric data. All three programs appear to use evidence-based recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software