Useful and superfluous measures in the treatment of respiratory infections
Mombelli, G.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 71(46): 1812-1815
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 7178036 Document Number: 194723
A safe and inexpensive approach to respiratory infections requires: 1. an accurate diagnosis, 2. a critical attitude towards drugs whose clinical efficacy is unproven, 3. to avoid antibiotics where they are not strictly indicated, 4. to use penicillin instead of more expensive (and often less active) antibiotics in the treatment of infections due to streptococci or pneumococci.
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