Community-acquired pneumonia : selection of empirical treatment and sequential therapy. SARS-CoV-2 implications

©The Author 2021. Published by Sociedad Española de Quimioterapia. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)..

Pneumonia is a major cause of global mortality in developed countries. The adequacy of the antibiotic treatment is essential for the good evolution of the patients. When selecting the antimicrobial, the severity of the patient, the characteristics of the antibiotics, and the profile of the patient to be treated should be considered. Recommendations for the selection of antibiotic treatment may differ between the patient who requires admission and the one who can be treated as outpatient. Beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, and macrolides are the most widely used antimicrobials in this last circumstance. However, not all are the same in terms of efficacy, safety and ecological impact. This review delves into the aforementioned aspects to improve decision-making and offers concrete recommendations for the selection of antibiotic treatment. Likewise, it includes recommendations for performing sequential therapy. Finally, a brief review is made about the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on this pathology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 34(2021), 6 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 599-609

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Neumonía comunitaria: selección del tratamiento empírico y terapia secuencial. Implicaciones del SARS-CoV-2

Beteiligte Personen:

González Del Castillo, J [VerfasserIn]
Julián-Jiménez, A [VerfasserIn]
Candel, F J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Beta-Lactams
Community-acquired pneumonia
Journal Article
Oral antibiotic therapy
Review
Sequential therapy

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Date Completed 26.11.2021

Date Revised 11.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.37201/req/144.2021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332493628