[Approaches to antibiotic therapy in anaerobic infections]

After a short introduction pointing out the difficulties faced by an italian clinician when he has to apply a correct aetiologic therapy to the non-sporing anaerobe infections, difficulties which are especially due to the lack of an efficient microbiologic support, the A. examines the main infections caused by these bacteria and shows the treatment for each case according to the more recent literature and to his own experience.