Revisiting Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia

Revisiting Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia

Compared with monotherapy, combination antibiotic therapy effectively lowered the case-fatality rate of invasive pneumococcal pneumonia among ill adults ≥50 years of age.

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2006-01, Vol.42 (2), p.304-306
Hauptverfasser: Mufson, Maurice A., Stanek, Ronald J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
beta-Lactams - therapeutic use
Chronic diseases
Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy
Correspondence
Drug Synergism
Drug therapy
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Infectious diseases
Macrolides
Macrolides - therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Mortality
Operating rooms
Penicillin
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - drug therapy
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Zusammenfassung:Compared with monotherapy, combination antibiotic therapy effectively lowered the case-fatality rate of invasive pneumococcal pneumonia among ill adults ≥50 years of age.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/499110