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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
'Ten commandments' for the appropriate use of antibiotics by the practicing physician in an outpatient setting
Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 2, No. NOV, Year 2011
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A multi-national working group on antibiotic stewardship, from the International Society of Chemotherapy, put together ten recommendations to physicians prescribing antibiotics to outpatients. These recommendations are: (1) use antibiotics only when needed; teach the patient how to manage symptoms of non-bacterial infections; (2) select the adequate ATB; precise targeting is better than shotgun therapy; (3) consider pharmacokinetics and phar-macodynamics when selecting an ATB; use the shortest ATB course that has proven clinical efficacy; (4) encourage patients' compliance; (5) use antibiotic combinations only in specific situations; (6) avoid low quality and sub-standard drugs; prevent prescription changes at the drugstore; (7) discourage self-prescription; (8) follow only evidence-based guidelines; beware those sponsored by drug companies; (9) rely (rationally) upon the clinical microbiology lab; and (10) prescribe ATB empirically - but intelligently; know local susceptibility trends, and also surveillance limitations. © 2011 Lev-Hara, Amábile-Cuevas, Gould, Hutchinson, Abbo, Saxynger, Vlieghe, Cardoso, Methar, Kanj, Ohmagari, HarbarthandISC-ASW Group.
Authors & Co-Authors
Levy-Hara, Gabriel
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Amábile-Cuevas, Carlos F.
Mexico, Mexico
Fundación Lusara
Gould, Ian Malcolm
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Hutchinson, Jim
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Abbo, Lilian Margarita
United States, Miami
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Saxynger, Lynora
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Vlieghe, Erika R.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Lopes Cardoso, Fernando L.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Methar, Shaheen
South Africa, Tygerberg
Tygerberg Hospital
Kanj, Souha S.
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Ohmagari, Norio
Japan, Sunto District
Shizuoka Cancer Center
Harbarth, Stéphan Jürgen
Switzerland, Geneva
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Aiken, Alexander M.
Unknown Affiliation
Alnimr, Amani Mansour
Unknown Affiliation
Bavestrello, Luis
Unknown Affiliation
Carlet, Jean M.
Unknown Affiliation
Dreser, Anahi
Unknown Affiliation
Essack, Sabiha Y.
Unknown Affiliation
Hsueh, Po-Ren
Unknown Affiliation
Ismail, Nadia
Unknown Affiliation
Kaddu-Mulindwa, Deogratias H.
Unknown Affiliation
Kolmos, Hans Jørn
Unknown Affiliation
Mochizuki, Takahiro
Unknown Affiliation
Ndewga, Linus
Unknown Affiliation
Odio, Carla
Unknown Affiliation
Peredo, Miguel Angel
Unknown Affiliation
Vega, Silvio
Unknown Affiliation
Viswanathan, Rajlakshmi
Unknown Affiliation
Wertheim, Heiman F.L.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 29
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2011.00230
e-ISSN:
1664302X
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy