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General information
Explanation
of how specific antibiotics work
Global
impact
of resistant organisms on patient care
Prudent
antibiotic use
controls ABR
Table
of common antibiotics
Q&A's:
frequently asked questions about antibiotics & resistance
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to APUA
Practitioner guidelines
Otitis
media
Urinary
tract infections
Upper
respiratory tract
Terapia
Antibiotica de la InfeccionBuco-Facial
Odontogenica.
In Spanish.
November
2004. Lima, Peru. Dr. Jose Antonio Cabrejos Alvarez jcabrejos@intramed.net
Conceptos
en Terapeutica Medica. Tercera Edicion. In Spanish.
Sociedad Cientifica de Estudiantes Medicina-Cayetano Heredia,
Lima, Peru. Septimo Aniversario. For information/Para informacion:
cugartegil@yahoo.com
Educational
materials...list
Book:
The Antibiotic Paradox
Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic 
Lectures
for practitioners
Newsletter
with practitioner information and scientific articles
Pamphlet
for patients
Video
for healthcare practitioners (English,
Korean, Italian & Vietnamese)
Spanish
and English
online discussions about antibiotic resistance Factsheets:
read about antibiotic resistance
CME
& CEU:
continuing education
Internet
Guide on Antimicrobial Resistance
References
Publications:
books, journal articles, references
Survey
of physicians on factors that influence antibiotic prescribing
Article
on the ecology of ABR
FDA Consumer
reports that antibiotic resistance is becoming a public-healthnightmare:
Website links...list
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Immediate
actions you as a healthcare practitioner can take to help limit
antibiotic resistance:
- Wash your hands thoroughly between
patient visits.
- Do not accede to patients' demands
for unneeded antibiotics.
- When possible, prescribe antibiotics
that target only a narrow range of bacteria.
- Isolate hospital patients with
multidrug-resistant infections.
- Familiarize yourself with local
data on antibiotic resistance.
- Read more: Unecessary Deaths: The Human and Financial Costs of Hospital Infections by the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID)
Find
out additional information about antibiotic resistance such as
societal costs, patient risk factors and prevention strategies...more
What
is being done to curb antibiotic resistance?
In
September 1999, APUA hosted the Summit on Antimicrobial Resistance
in San Francisco, at which an expert international panel created
an action plan to stem the rising tide of community-based
bacterial resistance. The conference was convened in the wake
of the recent alarming reports of deaths from multidrug resistant
Staphylococcus
aureus
in the community.
The Summit, entitled "Truth and Consequences in Community
Medical Practice," addressed solutions to the increasing
prevalence of resistant pathogens, antibiotic misuse by both
physicians and patients, and factors driving doctors to overprescribe
antibiotics. The conclusions reached at these day-long proceedings
are strategies recommended by the Summit's participants for
effectively managing the crisis of antibiotic resistance. |
With
about one-third of all outpatient antibiotic prescriptions
deemed unnecessary by the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and with the increasing wave of drug-resistant
bacteria, community physicians and the public at large must
take action to improve antibiotic use and curb antibiotic
resistance.
The
expert panel at the 1999 Summit on Antimicrobial Resistance
urged action in combatting antibiotic resistance. See the
strategies that were recommended by Summit participants...strategies
to combat AMR |
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 From
IDSA, a pocket card on "Practice Guidelines for the
Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent
Adults".
To obtain
a copy, please contact IGC at www.myguidelinescenter.com
or call at 410-869-3332. Each pocketcard is $5.25. |
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