title: [Infectious diseases in the ambulatory care setting].
abstract: Hot topics in infectiology mainly include emerging diseases, particularly those caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Prudent use of antibiotics is therefore mandatory. Among new classes of antibiotics for outpatients therapy are linezolid (for resistant, Gram-positive bacterial, and telithromycine (for treatment of respiratory tract infections). This review also addresses the following topics: short course of doxycycline for treatment of early Lyme disease in adults, recommendations against the widespread use of fluoroquinolones for community-acquired pneumonia, prevention of Herpes simplex type 2 transmission with valacyclovir, management of acute, symptomatic hepatitis C, and the absence of an established link between vaccines and chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service des maladies infectieuses, et Division autonome de médecine, preventive hospitalière, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. Giorgio.Zanetti@chuv.hospvd.ch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanetti
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents