[Supervision of the antibiotic therapy in tropical areas (author's transl)]

The use of antibiotics in tropical areas is coming up against many various problems. It is necessary to organize a supervision of the antibiotic therapy, which must be more severe. The diagnosis of bacterial diseases should be carried out in small laboratories, in rural regions. Microbiological researches, adapted to every country, are devoted to national laboratories. For the latter, collaborating regularly with international reference centres is very helpful. So it is easy to assure a continuous epidemiological surveillance of the major disease and to study bacteria, in order to find out resistant strains.