口服用のシプロフロキサシンを不適切に使用した場合
1Infectious Disease Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
JAMA
|September 19, 1990
まとめ
広く使用されている経口抗生物質であるシプロフロキサチンは,効果がない一般的な感染症に対して,しばしば不適切に処方されます. この誤用は,適切な患者のケアと耐性との闘いを確実にするために,慎重に抗生物質の選択の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 抗菌薬の管理について
背景:
- 口服用抗生物質は,年間24億米ドルを超えて,重要な医療支出を表しています.
- シプロフロキサシンなどの新しい抗生物質の導入は,広範囲の活性性を提供しますが,誤用とコストの上昇の可能性も増加しています.
- 系統的経口キノロンであるシプロフロクサシンは,1987年に米国で発売されて以来,頻繁に処方される抗生物質となっています.
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