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 strong medicines that can kill bacteria. For ear infections, doctors often prescribe oral antibiotics that you swallow in pill or liquid form. However, eardrops can sometimes be safer and more effective than oral medicines. Oral antibiotics have risks. 1  Oral antibiotics are more likely to cause resistant bacteria outside the ear. Then, in the future, the drugs will not work as well. 2  Antibiotic eardrops kill the bacteria faster and more completely than oral antibiotics. Drops donât go into the bloodstream, so more medicine reaches the infection.