Why should we measure bacterial load when treating community-acquired pneumonia?

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Waterer, Grant ^a   Rello, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bacterial load; pneumonia; rt PCR; sepsis; septic shock; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEASUREMENT; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952186880     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328343b70d     Document Type: Article

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