A Therapeutic Strategy for All Pneumonia Patients: A 3-Year Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study Using Risk Factors for Multidrug-resistant Pathogens to Select Initial Empiric Therapy
Author(s) -
Takaya Maruyama,
Takao Fujisawa,
Tadashi Ishida,
Akihiro Ito,
Yoshitaka Oyamada,
Kazuyuki Fujimoto,
Masamichi Yoshida,
Hikaru Maeda,
Naoyuki Miyashita,
Hideaki Nagai,
Yoshifumi Imamura,
Nobuaki Shime,
Shoji Suzuki,
Masaru Amishima,
Futoshi Higa,
Hiroyasu Kobayashi,
Shigeru Suga,
Kiyoyuki Tsutsui,
Shigeru Kohno,
Verónica Brito,
Michael S. Niederman
Publication year - 2018
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/ciy631
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , prospective cohort study , multiple drug resistance , empiric therapy , cohort study , intensive care medicine , drug resistance , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , alternative medicine , biology
Empiric therapy of pneumonia is currently based on the site of acquisition (community or hospital), but could be chosen, based on risk factors for multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, independent of site of acquisition.
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