Validation of a Clinical Score for Assessing the Risk of Resistant Pathogens in Patients With Pneumonia Presenting to the Emergency Department | Zendy

Andrew F. Shorr | Zendy; Marya D. Zilberberg | Zendy; Richard M. Reichley | Zendy; Jason Kan | Zendy; Angela Hoban | Zendy; Justin Hoffman | Zendy; Scott T. Micek | Zendy; Marin H. Kollef | Zendy

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Validation of a Clinical Score for Assessing the Risk of Resistant Pathogens in Patients With Pneumonia Presenting to the Emergency Department

Author(s) -

Andrew F. Shorr,

Marya D. Zilberberg,

Richard M. Reichley,

Jason Kan,

Angela Hoban,

Justin Hoffman,

Scott T. Micek,

Marin H. Kollef

Publication year - 2011

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 - 10.1093/cid/cir813

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , pneumonia , pseudomonas aeruginosa , confidence interval , streptococcus pneumoniae , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , psychiatry , biology , bacteria , genetics

Resistant organisms (ROs) are increasingly implicated in pneumonia in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). The concept of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) exists to help identify patients infected with ROs but may be overly broad. We sought to validate a previously developed score for determining the risk for an RO and to compare it with the HCAP definition.

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