Antibiotic treatment outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia

Duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment in communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) has not been completely established, and there are discrepancies even between various clinical guidelines published to date. The British Thoracic Society1 recommends 7 days of antibiotic treatment in patients with uncomplicated mild to moderate CAP. In 2011, the ERS2 published guidelines recommending that treatmen...

Antibiotic treatment strategies for community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

BACKGROUND The choice of empirical antibiotic treatment for patients with clinically suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who are admitted to non-intensive care unit (ICU) hospital wards is complicated by the limited availability of evidence. We compared strategies of empirical treatment (allowing deviations for medical reasons) with beta-lactam monotherapy, beta-lactam-macrolide combin...

Antibiotic timing in community-acquired pneumonia patients.

Antibiotic administration in community-acquired pneumonia.

2004;126;320-321 Chest Bartlett Peter M. Houck, Dale W. Bratzler, Wato Nsa, Allen Ma and John G. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Antibiotic Administration in http://chestjournal.org and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ). ISSN: 0012-3692. http://www.chestjournal.org/misc/reprints.shtml ( of the copyright holde...

Antibiotic Administration in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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