TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe use of antibiotics
AU  - LONG PH, CHANDLER CA, BLISS EA, BRYER MS, SCHOENBACH EB
Y1  - 1949/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02910050015004
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 315
EP  - 317
VL  - 141
IS  - 5
N2  - Until recently the problem of the proper antibiotics to use in the treatment of infectious diseases was comparatively simple. The physician who was faced with an infectious disease in which antibiotic systemic therapy was indicated administered either penicillin or streptomycin or both, and that was that. During the past year this relatively happy state of affairs has been rudely interrupted by the appearance of aureomycin and chloramphenicol (chloromycetin®), two antibiotics which possess wide and effective ranges of action. The result is that careful attention must now be given to the choice of the antibiotic to be used in the treatment of any individual patient, and in certain instances of disease the problem becomes one of choosing the most effective combination of the several antibiotics.It will be our purpose in this report to attempt to assess current information concerning the choice of antibiotics, to propose adequate dosage schedules and to
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02910050015004
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910050015004
ER  -