Community-acquired pneumonia.
Community-acquired pneumonia causes great mortality and morbidity and high costs worldwide. Empirical selection of antibiotic treatment is the cornerstone of management of patients with pneumonia. To reduce the misuse of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, and side-effects, an empirical, effective, and individualised antibiotic treatment is needed. Follow-up after the start of antibiotic treatment is also important, and management should include early shifts to oral antibiotics, stewardship according to the microbiological results, and short-duration antibiotic treatment that accounts for the clinical stability criteria. New approaches for fast clinical (lung ultrasound) and microbiological (molecular biology) diagnoses are promising. Community-acquired pneumonia is associated with early and late mortality and increased rates of cardiovascular events. Studies are needed that focus on the long-term management of pneumonia.
Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Institut D'investigacions August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain.
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Prina
Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Otavio T
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Ranzani
Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Institut D'investigacions August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: ATORRES@clinic.ub.es.
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Torres
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids