Prevalence and treatment of postobstructive pneumonia among older adults with advanced cancer

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022 Sep 8;2(1):e152. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.293. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Among 124 older adults with advanced cancer who were hospitalized with pneumonia, 7.3% met criteria for postobstructive pneumonia. There were no differences in antibiotic duration, antibiotic spectrum, 30-day and 90-day readmissions, or mortality between those with and without postobstructive pneumonia. Bacteria were identified in 5 patients with postobstructive pneumonia.