Pneumonia and alcohol use disorder: Implications for treatment

Niyati M Gupta; Abhishek Deshpande; Michael B Rothberg

doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.19105

Pneumonia and alcohol use disorder: Implications for treatment

Cleve Clin J Med. 2020 Jul 31;87(8):493-500. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.87a.19105.

Authors

Niyati M Gupta¹, Abhishek Deshpande^{2

3

4}, Michael B Rothberg^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY.
² Center for Value-Based Care Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic Community Care.
³ Department of Infectious Disease, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic.
⁴ Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
⁵ Center for Value-Based Care Research, and Vice Chair, Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic Community Care, Cleveland Clinic Rothbem@ccf.org.
⁶ Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Rothbem@ccf.org.

PMID: 32737050
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.87a.19105

Abstract

Patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are at higher risk of pneumonia and of poor outcomes. This article reviews the etiology of pneumonia in patients with AUD, its impact on mortality and resource utilization, and its implications for treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Alcohol Abstinence
Alcoholism / microbiology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia / drug therapy*
Pneumonia / microbiology
Risk Factors
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents