Background: Skin diseases of microbial etiology are caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and ectoparasites, which bacterial infections most common than others. Antibiotic resistance among the micro-organisms is developing due to indiscriminate use antibiotics irrational prescription drugs. Aims Objectives: The aims this study were assess various aspects pattern rational for in department dermato...

CONTEXT Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common diagnosis for which antibiotics are prescribed for children. Previous trials that have evaluated a "wait-and-see prescription" (WASP) for antibiotics, with which parents are asked not to fill the prescription unless the child either is not better or is worse in 48 hours, have excluded children with severe AOM. None of these trials were conduct...

Overuse of antibiotics is today a global concern. National programs, programs within EU and WHO against misuse of antibiotics have been created. Swedish strategic program against antibiotic resistance (STRAMA) was initiated in 1997, within the Swedish Public Health Agency (SPHA) and consisted of volunteers from various medical disciplines to work for a reduction of antibiotic prescription. A Na...

BACKGROUND Respiratory tract infections are one of the most frequent problems in pediatric clinics and generate an elevated prescription of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to find out the standard of care practice about antibiotic use in these infections in a pediatric emergency department and to evaluate compliance with clinical guidelines. METHODS A pediatric emergency department dat...

Antibiotic resistance has been associated with the use of antibiotics. The dispensing of antimicrobials without prescription is a potential source of inappropriate antibiotic use. In our study, antibiotics were requested without prescription from pharmacies in the metropolitan area of Athens in Greece in 2008. Twenty-one collaborators visited 174 pharmacies and asked for either amoxicillin/clav...

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), such as acute bronchitis, infectious exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and pneumonia, are frequent community-acquired infections affecting both the paediatric and adult population, and are one of the commonest respiratory illnesses observed in daily medical practice [1]. In most cases, LRTI cause a mild clinical picture, usually managed by general pra...