phlegmatic adjective. âº A phlegmatic âperson does not usually get âemotional or âexcited about things: As a âfootball âplayer, his âgreat âasset was his âcalm, phlegmatic âmanner. (Definition of phlegmatic from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is now accepted as standard care in most communities. Antibiotic therapy may be given at home, in an office-based setting, or through a hospital-based infusion program. OPAT offers several advantages to patients, health care providers, and insurers.
Antibiotics are primarily used to treat bacterial infections. They may have secondary uses - treatment of the Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) secretion with Declomycin. Some antibiotics are also used to prevent infection (antibiotic prophylaxis) before any surgery or in the case of weakened immune systems.