Unforeseen risk in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia with narrow-spectrum antibiotics

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Jul;69(7):2013-4. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku056. Epub 2014 Mar 4.

Authors

Jonathan Folb¹, Lucy Potter², Sophie Roberts², Rebecca Shaw², Will Kent², Kate Vaudrey³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK jonathan.folb@nhs.net.
² Division of Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK.
³ Pharmacy Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK.

PMID: 24595803
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku056

No abstract available

Keywords: Gram-negative bacteraemia; antibiotic policies; clarithromycin; penicillin; sepsis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy*
Drug Monitoring
Humans
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents