[Rational antibiotic therapy of acute upper respiratory tract infections].
Overuse of antibiotics is a major cause of bacterial resistance. Inappropriate and unnecessary antibiotic therapies are particularly frequent in the treatment of respiratory tract infections, which are viral in origin in about 80% of cases. This review work presents the principles of rational antibiotic therapy of acute upper respiratory tract infections, namely pharyngotonsillitis, otitis media and sinusitis according to Polish Recommendations 2010.
Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie, Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej. elamazur@yahoo.com
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000592:standards; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000187:drug effects; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011044:Poland; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents