title: [Appropriate antibiotic use for the respiratory tract infections].
abstract: Early appropriate antibiotic treatment is vital since respiratory tract infection (RTI) is a potentially fatal disease. Therefore, the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) provided four guidelines for the management of RTI in adults. The basic policy and main purposes of the JRS guidelines include; 1) prevention of bacterial resistance and 2) effective and long-term use of medical resources. The JRS guidelines have recommended the exclusion of potential and broad spectrum antibiotics from the list of first-choice drugs for empirical treatment. In addition, the JRS guidelines have recommended short-term usage of antibiotics of an appropriate dose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan. mao@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyashita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents