The antibiotic treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the critical care unit

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-69

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment of CAP; CAP in the CCU; Severe community acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034020980     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9926     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Moine P, Vercken J-P, Chevret S, et al. Severe community acquired pneumonia. Chest 1994;105:1487-1495
2. MacFarlane JT, Finch RG, Ward MJ, et al. Hospital study of adult community-acquired pneumonia. Lancet 1982;2: 255-258
3. Marrie TJ, Durant H, Yates L. Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization: Five year prospective. Rev Infect Dis 1989;11:586-599
4. Bartlett JG, Mundy LM. Community-acquired pneumonia. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1618-1624
5. Cunha BA, Ortega AM. Atypical pneumonias. Postgrad Med 1996;99:123-132
6. Cunha BA. Community-acquired pneumonia: Antimicrobial therapy. Postgrad Med 1996;99:109-122
7. Fang GD, Fine M, Orloff J, et al. New and emerging etiologies for community-acquired pneumonia with implication for therapy: A prospective multicenter study of 359 cases. Medicine 1990;69:307-316
8. Garibaldi RA. Epidemiology of community-acquired respiratory tract infections in adults: Incidence, etiology, an impact. Am J Med 1985;78:32-37
9. Janssens JP, Gauthey L, Hermmann F, et al. Community-acquired pneumonia in older patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996;44:539-544
10. Karalus NC, Cursons RT, Leng RA, et al. Community-acquired pneumonias: Etiology and prognostic index evaluation. Thorax 1991;46:413-418
11. Klimek JJ, Ajemian E, Fontecchio S, et al. Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia requiring admission to the hospital. Am J Infect Control 1983;11:78-82
12. Farr BM, Sloman AJ, Fisch MJ. Predicting death in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. Ann Intern Med 1991;115:428-436
13. Fine MJ, Orloff JJ, Arisumi D, et al. Prognosis of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Am J Med 1990;88:5
14. Fine MJ, Hanusa BH, Lave JR, et al. Comparison of medical groups admission severity groups and a pneumonia-specific severity index for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. J Gen Intern Med 1995;10: 359-368
15. Fine MJ, Smith MA, Carson CA, et al. Prognosis and outcomes of patients with community-acquired pneumonias. JAMA 1996;274:134-141
16. Fine MJ, Hough LJ, Medsger AR, et al. The hospital admission decision for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Arch Intern Med 1997;157:36-44
17. Holmberg H. Aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospital-treated patients. Scand J Infect Dis 1987;19: 491-501
18. Leroy O, Santre C, Beuscart C, et al. A five-year study of severe community-acquired pneumonia with emphasis on prognosis in patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med 1995;21:24-31
19. MacFarlane JT. Adverse prognostic factors in pneumonia. Thorax 1983;38:231
20. Cunha BA. The antibiotic treatment of community-acquired, atypical and nosocomial pneumonias. Med Clin North Am 1995;79:581-598
21. Cunha BA. Antibiotic treatment of sepsis. Med Clin North Am 1995;79:551-558
22. Cunha BA. Atypical pneumonias. In: Conn RB, Borer WZ, Snyder JW, eds. Current Diagnosis 9. Philadelphia: W B Saunders, 1997;311-312
23. Quenzer RU, Guay DRP. Antimicrobial management strategies for patients with community-acquired respiratory tract infections. Curr Ther Res 1995;56:466-477
24. Siegel RE, Halpern NA, Almenoff PL, et al. A prospective randomized study of inpatient IV antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia. Chest 1996;110:965-971
25. Cunha BA. Severe community-acquired pneumonia. Crit Care Clin 1998;14:105-118
26. Cunha BA. Intensive care, not intensive antibiotics. Heart Lung 1994;23:361-362
27. Cunha BA. Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with HIV. Drugs for Today 1998;31
28. Cunha BA. Antibiotic resistance: Control strategies. Crit Care Clin 1998;8:309-328
29. Cunha BA. The extrapulmonary manifestations of community-acquired pneumonias. Chest 1998;112:945
30. Cunha BA. Current concepts in the antimicrobial therapy of community-acquired pneumonia. Drugs for Today 1998; 34:107-123
31. Marrie TJ, Lav CY, Wheeler SL, et al. A controlled trial of a critical pathway for treatment of community acquired pneumonia. JAMA 2000;283:749-755