[Community antibiotic consumption in Chile, 2000-2008].

Background: The Chilean Ministry of Health has implemented regulatory rules for the consumption of anti-biotics since September 1999, with sales restriction limited only with medical prescription.

Aim: To analyze the impact of established regulatory measures from 2000 to 2008.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis of antibiotics sales in pharmacies from 2000 to 2008 was performed.

[Intravenous antimicrobial use among different hospital in Chile during 2005].

Intravenous antimicrobial consumption has not been evaluated previously in Chile. In order to know this consumption (in DDD per 100 bed days), associated factors and antimicrobial control systems across the country, a questionnaire was sent to evaluate these features during 2005. A total of 29 public hospitals and private clinics answered this poll, 20 belonging to the public health system (69%).

[Prevention of community-acquired pneumonia in adults].

Polysaccharide 23 valent pneumococcal vaccine commercially available from 1983 includes 23 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, representing near 90% of strains involved in invasive pneumococcal disease in immune competent adults. Vaccine confers protection against invasive pneumococcal disease. Immunization is recommended in adults over 65 years old, in patients affected by chronic diseases (cardiopathies, COPD, nephropathies, diabetes mellitus, hepatic cirrhosis, chronic breakage in brain-blood barrier, functional or anatomical asplenia, alcoholism), in immunocompromised hosts, including HIV infection, chemotherapy treatment and hematological malignancies.