DOUBLE ANAEROBIC COVERAGE

 

                                     We go for cocktail of antibiotics to save the patient at any cost. But what we have to realise is that on going for two antibiotic which has same coverage we are doing more bad than good to the patient.

 

A MORE COMMON MISTAKE WHICH WE DO IN PRACTICE IS THAT WE ADD METROGYL WITH ALMOST MOST OF THE ANTIBIOTIC IN ORDER TO KILL THE ANEROBES. BUT THIS IS BIG MISTAKE.

 

For example Piperacillin Tazobactam is added with Metrogyl. In this Tazobactam component has good anaerobic coverage. So what is the need for adding metrogyl with this???

 

This unnecessary addition of double anaerobic coverage has even the risk that the organism may develop resistance against Piperacillin...