Rev Esp Quimioter 2017; 30(3): 169-176

Strategies to optimize the use of antibiotics in hospitals
JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ, CRISTINA BONILLO, LUIS HUMBERTO NAVARRO, ALICIA HERNÁNDEZ, ELISA GARCÍA VÁZQUEZ
The inadequate use of antibiotics is a clinical reality we are faced with day by day. The great peculiarity of this group of drugs is the in?uence they have not only on the patients and at the time of their use, but also of future infections and the general population, by favoring alterations in the resistance patterns of the bacterial micro?ora that colonize people. It is our obligation as experts in infectious diseases to work on improving the use of antimicrobials.

Rev Esp Quimioter 2017; 30(3): 169-176 [pdf]