Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic Therapy

Fundamental to all good antibiotic (or some other) therapy is diagnosis. In spite of the fact that antibiotics are, in general, safe, they additionally have numerous dangers related with their utilization, including the advancement of unfavorably susceptible responses, Clostridium difficile infection, and antibiotic resistance, and also a higher sticker price. Accordingly, numerous clinicians incline toward endorsing a shorter treatment course. However, it also is important to give a significant treatment course with the goal that so that an infection is treated adequately and relapse is prevented. This session focuses on the general principles for setting optimal antibiotic durations of therapy.