Chemoprophylaxis

Chemoprophylaxis is the prophylactic administration of an anti-infective agent in order to prevent a possible infection or the spread of a pathogen. The chemoprophylaxis among the dispositional prophylactic measures of infection control.

Examples:

• Perioperative chemoprophylaxis: For operations in the gastrointestinal tract or infected wounds may occur Einschwämmen of bacteria in the bloodstream. In order to prevent an infection is one, therefore, an antibiotic.

• Recurrent urinary tract infections: For persons who often show recurrent urinary tract infections, it may be necessary to prevent permanent damage to prescribe an antibiotic for a longer period of time construction to avoid a disease.

• Post-exposure prophylaxis for infectious diseases: To prevent that, after a documented or suspected contact is an infection or infectious disease, is administered immediately after an exciter contact a specific therapy.

• Malaria prophylaxis: The chemoprophylaxis is in addition to exposure prophylaxis (protection from mosquito bites ) and the stand-by prophylaxis ( rescue medication ) component of malaria prophylaxis.