Sentence examples for of empirical use from inspiring English sources

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends discontinuation of empirical use of an antibiotic once 5% of locally acquired gonococcal isolates are resistant [ 20].

Similarly, as compared to actually prescribed antibiotics, which were at the discretion of the attending physician with access to SC results but without guidance by a treatment algorithm, stricter adherence to SCBA would lead to further constraint of empirical use of broad-spectrum drugs.

This observation may suggest leaving this line of drug for empirical use in serious cases of shigellosis only [ 10].

This is far above the 20% rate recommended for empirical use of antibiotics for community-acquired UTI [ 34, 35].

Thus, this study provides scientific validation of the empirical use of this medicine in the management of hypertension and could serve as a basis of the formulation of improved traditional drug for hypertension.

This trend could be the result of increasing empirical use of antimicrobial drug therapy and prophylaxis and use of new, more effective antimicrobial drugs.

However, some arguments could be made in favour of an empirical use of fluconazole in neutropenic patients with enterocolitis: (1) The drug has a low toxicity.

The high diversity of pathogens challenges an empirical use of antibiotics.

We recorded whether empirical antibiotic choice was effective (defined if the isolate was susceptible in vitro to any of the antibiotics prescribed), empirical use of protein synthesis inhibitors (lincosamide/linezolid), and lincosamide/linezolid use within 3 days of isolate acquisition.

Thus, the factors most frequently associated with inappropriate use of vancomycin were its empirical use without evidence of infection.

Pharmacokinetic information is vital to avoid empirical use of antibiotics and development of bacterial resistance.