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Bacterial Pneumonia in the Elderly: A Reappraisal of Conventional Therapy, with a Note on Cefamandole
Author(s) -
GLECKMAN RICHARD A.,
ESPOSITO ANTHONY L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb06055.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cefamandole , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , bacterial pneumonia , geriatrics , antibiotic therapy , streptococcus pneumoniae , community acquired pneumonia , antibiotics , cephalosporin , microbiology and biotechnology , psychiatry , biology
Community‐acquired bacterial pneumonia in the elderly has for years been attributed almost exclusively to Streptococcus pneumonias. Recent technical advances have provided bacteriologic and epidemiologic data demonstrating that other pathogens are important causes of pulmonary infection in older patients. This report reviews these data and reappraises the conventional therapy of community‐acquired bacterial pneumonia in geriatric patients. Some properties of a new antibiotic, cefamandole nafate, are described.