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Community-acquired Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia--New insights from the CAPNETZ study
- Source :
- Journal of Infection, 72(5), 554-563. Elsevier Saunders
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objectives: We aimed to identify clinical characteristics and to assess effectiveness of different initial antibiotic regimens in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by Haemophilus influenzae. Methods: Characteristics were compared between patients with H. influenzae monoinfection versus CAP of other and unknown aetiology enrolled by the German prospective cohort study CAPNETZ. Impact of initial antibiotic treatment on "early clinical response" according to FDA criteria and overall clinical cure were analysed. Results: H. influenzae was found in 176 out of 2790 patients with pathogen detection (6.3%). Characteristics significantly associated with a H. influenzae CAP (p
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Haemophilus Infections
Respiratory tract infection
Adolescent
medicine.drug_class
030106 microbiology
Antibiotics
Chronic liver disease
medicine.disease_cause
Haemophilus influenzae
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Internal medicine
Germany
Severity of illness
CURB-65 score
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Medicine
Humans
Beta-lactams
Prospective Studies
Young adult
Prospective cohort study
Intensive care medicine
610 Medicine & health
Pathogen
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Community-Acquired Infections
Pneumonia
Infectious Diseases
Treatment Outcome
Female
Macrolides
business
Fluoroquinolones
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15322742 and 01634453
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....40359ecb13dff054ce7e55f22b6c7c7c