Pediatria pre prax 4/2011
Treatment of community-acquired infections in children
The continuing favorable situation in terms of susceptibility to penicillin-like antibiotics in Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae as the most significant etiologic agents of community-acquired bacterial respiratory tract infections confirms the appropriateness of using penicillin and/or amoxicillin to treat respiratory tract infections in the outpatient setting in the Czech Republic. By contrast, the result of irrational use and overprescription of macrolide antibiotics is a growing resistance to these drugs, particularly in strains obtained from adult patients.
Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, antibiotic resistance, penicilin.
