Macrolide combination antibiotic therapy should be prudently considered in complicated CAP cases and in regions with low macrolide susceptibility

Intensive Care Med. 2010 Oct;36(10):1788. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1946-x. Epub 2010 Jul 15.

Authors

Hsin-I Shih¹, Hsiang-Chin Hsu², Chih-Hsien Chi², Wen-Chien Ko³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, No. 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan City, 704, Taiwan. n506594@mail.hosp.ncku.edu.tw.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, No. 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan City, 704, Taiwan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan City, Taiwan.

PMID: 20631990
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1946-x

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy*
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Macrolides / administration & dosage
Macrolides / therapeutic use*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Macrolides