Outcomes associated with the use of a revised risk assessment strategy to predict antibiotic resistance in community-onset pneumonia: a stewardship perspective
Author(s) -
András Farkas,
Joseph Sassine,
Joseph P. Mathew,
Christine Stavropoulos,
Ron Stern,
George McKinley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky202
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , antibiotic stewardship , pneumonia , perspective (graphical) , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , medicine , antibiotics , risk assessment , antibiotic resistance , community acquired pneumonia , political science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , computer science , economics , management , artificial intelligence , politics , law
There is growing evidence that patients with community-onset pneumonia and recent healthcare exposure are not at equally high risk of infection with MDR organisms. An individualized approach is necessary with regard to risk assessment and choice of antibiotics.
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