title: [Differential therapeutic aspects of pneumonia in the aged].
abstract: Pneumonia in old age often leads to death even under hospital conditions. This results in the necessity of an early and effective therapy. In a retrospective analysis differential-therapeutic aspects showed that the disease can be influenced by means of pharmacotherapy in different ways. The results indicate that penicillin and semi-synthetic derivatives are more efficacious than chloramphenicol and sulphonamides. Further specific studies of the efficacy of the drugs to be applied for older patients should be intended.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin und Geriatrie, des Klinikums Berlin-Buch.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mascher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D001604:Berlin; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Differentialtherapeutische Aspekte bei der Pneumonie im Alter.