Antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in adults



Título del documento: Antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in adults
Revista: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000290718
ISSN: 1413-8670
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Parana, Servico de Doencas Infecciosas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Abr
Volumen: 6
Número: 2
Paginación: 82-87
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, analítico
Resumen en inglés This is part of the series of practice guidelines commissioned by the Brazilian Society for Infectious Diseases through its Practice Guidelines Committee. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide assistance to clinicians in the antimicrobial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in immunocompetent adults. Panel members and consultants are experts in adult infectious diseases. The guidelines are evidence based where possible. The recommendations included in this document were elaborated based on the most frequently isolated pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibilities. The etiology was based mainly on international studies, since there are very few regional data. On the other hand, the antimicrobial susceptibilities of main bacterial causes of CAP were based on the results of several antimicrobial resistance surveillance studies recently performed in Brazil. Other reference guidelines for the treatment of CAP, such as those elaborated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and by the Canadian Infectious Diseases Society, were also discussed by the group during the elaboration of this document
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Microbiología,
Neumología,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Pneumonia,
Lineamientos,
Enfermedades infecciosas
Keyword: Medicine,
Microbiology,
Pneumology,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Pneumonia,
Guidelines,
Infectious diseases
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