title: [The present significance of infection medicine and the problem of clinical microbiology].
abstract: Despite the reduction of the number of contagious infectious diseases the bacterial infection still play a considerable role. Here endogenic infections by the normal flora of the own body stand in the foreground. As hospital or nosocomial infections they endanger the patient who is disturbed in his defense by the basic disease and/or iatrogenically, in which case opportunistic germs and polyresistant problem germs participate. By this the tasks of the infection medicine are considerably enlarged, which demands measures to its reconsilidation. Nowadays also the medical microbiology must more and more orientate itself to clinical than to purely epidemiological questions. The establishment of a clinical microbiology has become urgently necessary. The clinical disciplines should participate in the adequate discussions, in order to yield the best possible result. A 3-step-proposition is made for realisation.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Zur gegenwärtigen Bedeutung der Infektionsmedizin und zum Problem der Klinischen Mikrobiologie.