Management of Nonsevere Pneumonia in Military Trainees with the Urinary Antigen Test for Streptococcus pneumoniae: An Innovative Approach to Targeted Therapy | Zendy

Guchev Ia | Zendy; Victor L. Yu | Zendy; A. I. Sinopalnikov | Zendy; О И Клочков | Zendy; Roman S. Kozlov | Zendy; L. Stratchounski | Zendy

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Management of Nonsevere Pneumonia in Military Trainees with the Urinary Antigen Test for Streptococcus pneumoniae: An Innovative Approach to Targeted Therapy

Author(s) -

Guchev Ia,

Victor L. Yu,

A. I. Sinopalnikov,

О И Клочков,

Roman S. Kozlov,

L. Stratchounski

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/429919

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , amoxicillin , mycoplasma pneumoniae , clarithromycin , streptococcus pneumoniae , urinary system , chlamydia , community acquired pneumonia , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , helicobacter pylori , biology

The drug of choice for treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is generally a penicillin (including amoxicillin). Targeted therapy is, however, rarely used, because results of definitive diagnostic tests for pneumonia are not available for several days. Thus, broad-spectrum antibiotics are used for empirical treatment of pneumonia to cover both typical and atypical pathogens. Our purpose was to assess the usefulness of a strategy of targeted antimicrobial therapy based on the results of a rapid urinary antigen test for S. pneumoniae.

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