RT Journal
A1 Sordé R, Falcó V, Lowak M, et al
T1 CUrrent and potential usefulness of pneumococcal urinary antigen detection in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia to guide antimicrobial therapy
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD January 24
VO 171
IS 2
SP 166
OP 172
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.347
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.347
AB 
According to current Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines,1 hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should receive an empirical broad spectrum antibiotic therapy to cover the most frequent etiologies. The same guidelines1 encourage investigation for specific pathogens that would significantly alter standard treatment. Rational use of antibiotics, using an appropriate pathogen-focused agent or narrowing empirical therapy, may decrease cost, drug adverse events, and the threat of antibiotic resistance.1- 4