Empirical prescribing of penicillin G/V reduces risk of readmission of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Norway: a retrospective observational study

Empirical prescribing of penicillin G/V reduces risk of readmission of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Norway: a retrospective observational study

Abstract Background Norwegian guideline recommendations on first-line empirical antibiotic prescribing in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are penicillin G/V in monotherapy, or penicillin G in combination with gentamicin (or cefotaxime) in severely ill patients. The aim...

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Main Authors: June Utnes Høgli, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kristian Svendsen, Vegard Skogen, Lars Småbrekke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Community-acquired pneumonia
Antibiotics
Guideline
Clinical outcome
Norway
Antibiotic stewardship program
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01188-6

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