# Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

> ABX, HIV, Psych, Diabetes

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id429504851](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id429504851)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id429504851`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Unbound Medicine, Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (3,786 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.41
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2011-04-12
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/johns-hopkins-antibiotic-guide/id429504851)
- **Website:** [https://www.hopkinsguides.com/](https://www.hopkinsguides.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy](https://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy)

## Description

Johns Hopkins ABX Guide Chrome Extension provides evidence-based antimicrobial guidance along with HIV, psychiatry, and diabetes resources. It features hundreds of antimicrobial drug listings, comprehensive sections on dosing, spectrum, resistance, adverse reactions, and interactions, plus disease, pathogen, management, and vaccine topics. The extension offers abstracts and links to full-text articles, monthly content updates, and webinars from Johns Hopkins experts.

Key features include fast topic search, favorites, highlighting, and note-taking within entries, plus access to HopkinsGuides.com. It supports trial access and subscriptions, and aligns with privacy and terms from Unbound Medicine.

## Rankings

- #28,988 — Overall
- #58 — guide

## Review summary

Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide is praised for being current, easy to use, and an essential, well-referenced ID resource. It provides quick access and long-term value for clinicians. However, users report recurring problems with access and content loading, billing/account management, app stability after updates, and navigation/organization. When functioning, it’s a powerful reference; improving reliability and governance would boost overall satisfaction.

### Pros

- Up-to-date with ID and continuously updated.
- Easy to access with quick pinpoint information; a one-stop reference.
- Essential reference for ID queries; widely used by clinicians.
- Original sources cited for every disease/pathogen/antimicrobial.
- Value for money; many users find the subscription worthwhile and plan to re-up.

### Cons

- Frequent access/login issues and content loading glitches (e.g., blank text, switching devices).
- Billing and account management problems with unclear charges and renewal issues.
- Reliability issues after updates; app can break or become unstable.
- Not well organized; navigation and design make finding information harder.

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