Time to first antibiotic dose for community-acquired pneumonia: a challenging balance

Maddalena Giannella; Emilio Bouza; Pierluigi Viale

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.025

Time to first antibiotic dose for community-acquired pneumonia: a challenging balance

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Mar;27(3):322-324. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.025. Epub 2020 Oct 31.

Authors

Maddalena Giannella¹, Emilio Bouza², Pierluigi Viale³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, University of Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: maddalena.giannella@unibo.it.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, University of Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 33137512
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.025

No abstract available

Keywords: Antibiotic appropriateness; Antimicrobial stewardship; Community-acquired pneumonia; Early antibiotic administration; Septic shock; Time to first antibiotic dose.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
Humans
Pneumonia / diagnosis
Pneumonia / drug therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Precision Medicine
Time-to-Treatment

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents