TY  - JOUR
T1  - CUrrent and potential usefulness of pneumococcal urinary antigen detection in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia to guide antimicrobial therapy
AU  - Sordé R, Falcó V, Lowak M, et al
Y1  - 2011/01/24
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.347
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 166
EP  - 172
VL  - 171
IS  - 2
N2  - 
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

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.347
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.347
ER  -