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- first-line antimicrobial | first-line antimicrobial agent
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- Definition "preferred, standard antimicrobial treatment, chosen initially as empiric antimicrobial therapy [ IATE:3573126 ] to treat an infection" Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on:""first-line treatment"". A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Oxford University Press, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199666379.001.0001/acref-9780199666379-e-10023?rskey=6CYUZ4&result=3354 [20.3.2018]"
- Comment They are usually the oldest and cheapest antimicrobials. If the treatment fails, second-line antimicrobials are used.