title: [How could antibiotics be better prescribed?].
abstract: France remains one of the European countries with the highest antibiotic use. It is a matter of emergency to use less antibiotics and in a more wisely manner, given the current worldwide bacterial resistance crisis. The following points are key in order to better prescribe antibiotics: use of a structured approach when prescribing an antibiotic, use of diagnostic tests when needed, compliance to recommendations, request for specialist advice in complicated cases, education of patients and continuous medical education/assessment of practice for the physicians.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Nice, service d'infectiologie, hôpital l'Archet-1, 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France. pulcini.c@chu-nice.fr
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pulcini
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rabaud
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents