不适当地使用口服西普洛素
1Infectious Disease Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
JAMA
|September 19, 1990
概括
广泛使用的口服抗生素西普罗夫洛克萨 (Ciprofloxacin) 经常被不适当地为常见感染处方,因为它没有效果. 这种滥用强调了需要仔细选择抗生素,以确保适当的患者护理和对抗耐药性.
科学领域:
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 抗微生物药物管理管理委员会
背景情况:
- 口服抗生素占医疗保健支出的重要部分,每年超过24亿美元.
- 引入新的抗生素,如西普洛素,提供了广泛的活性,但也增加了滥用和成本上升的可能性.
- 自从1987年在美国发布以来,全身性口服诺的西普洛克萨已经成为一种经常被处方的抗生素.
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