title: [Duration of antibiotherapy].
abstract: Antibiotics have been used to treat various infectious since the second world war. Despite a thorough knowledge of the antimicrobial pharmacology, clinicians have less guidelines concerning duration of antibiotherapy. When assessing the length of time an infection should be treated, the physician must consider the following criteria: the antibiotics, the involved organisms and their susceptibility patterns, the infected site and the host.
authors.affiliation: Service de microbiologie, centre hospitalier Anna-Laberge, Chateauguay, Québec.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rousseau
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Durée de l'antibiothérapie.