Nonresponses and treatment failures with conventional empiric regimens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Title
Nonresponses and treatment failures with conventional empiric regimens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Creator
Tan James S
Publisher
Infectious disease clinics of North America
Date
2004
2004-12
Description
Although most patients with suspected CAP respond to empiric therapy,a small number of patients do not respond in the expected fashion. Age and underlying comorbid conditions have a strong influence on the course of illness. Less common causes of treatment failures include overwhelming infection, antimicrobial resistance, and misdiagnosis. It is a common practice for empiric antimicrobial treatment of CAP to be initiated without microbiologic studies. Clinicians carefully should observe these patients for unusual or slow responses and should be ready to pursue a more extensive search for the cause of treatment failure.
Subject
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Bacterial; Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy/mortality; Diagnostic Errors; Drug Resistance; Humans; Pneumonia/diagnosis/*drug therapy/mortality; Risk Factors; Treatment Failure
Identifier
Rights
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Citation
Tan James S, “Nonresponses and treatment failures with conventional empiric regimens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed March 5, 2021, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/3589.