Review article

The Rationality of Antimicrobial Treatment

Jugoslav Bagatin

Abstract

The use of medications in the Republic of
Croatia, in spite of the economic situation, is constantly growing.
This article, therefore, accentuates the rationality in prescribing
drugs, and not the restriction of their use, specially
regarding drugs for treating infectious diseases. Antimicrobial
treatment is still inadequate and irrational, and the consequences
are resistance and expensiveness. The medication
of choice is the one reliably treating an isolated agent, having
a narrow spectrum, low toxicity and an acceptable price. The
accent is on experienced procedure often carried out in our
clinical practice, both in the general practitioners’ offices and
in in-patient institutions.

Keywords

the rationality of antimicrobial treatment; empirical procedures

Hrčak ID:

19216

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/19216

Publication date:

20.9.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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