Open AccessEarly Switch From Intravenous to Oral Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients With Bacteremic Community-Acquired Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Julio A. Ramírez,
José Bordón
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.161.6.848
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , bacteremia , streptococcus pneumoniae , community acquired pneumonia , antibiotics , bacterial pneumonia , blood culture , intravenous therapy , pneumococcal pneumonia , intensive care medicine , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia is considered by some investigators to be an exclusion criterion for early switch from intravenous to oral therapy.
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