A sub-group of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia do not require broad-spectrum gram-negative antimicrobial coverage

Clark D Russell, Ed Whittaker, Dominic P Dee, Eilidh Farquhar, Alba Saenz de Villaverde, Morgan H Evans, Ian F Laurenson, Claire L Mackintosh, Muge Cevik

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Amongst 200 patients developing HAP outwith the ICU, 61% were treated empirically without broad-spectrum gram-negative coverage, with clinical cure in 69.7%. Lower disease severity markers(SIRS, hypoxia, tachypnoea, neutrophilia) and absence of diabetes mellitus and prior doxycycline treatment (but not time to HAP onset) identified patients not requiring broad-spectrum gram-negative coverage.

Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Early online date8 Apr 2020
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 8 Apr 2020

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