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9795298

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Among community-acquired infections, pneumonia is still a large health problem which is of great interest mainly due its high mortality and morbidity. From 1991 to 1997, 409 patients who had been diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and had been admitted to the internal medicine service of a university hospital were prospectively studied. The patients were classified into three groups according to the random antibiotic treatment they had received (ceftriaxone, cefuroxime or amoxicillin-clavulanic acid). The initial characteristics of the patients with regard to epidemiology, clinical description and critical situation were similar in all the groups studied. A total of 36.9% of the cases were documented microbiologically, with the most frequently isolated pathogens being Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. The recovery rate was 92.2% and three patients had a recurrence of pneumonia. Global mortality was 5.8%. No statistically significant differences were found in the evolution of patients treated with cefuroxime, ceftriaxone or amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, with the latter representing an empirical treatment of choice for community-acquired pneumonia.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0214-3429
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
132-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Prospective and comparative study between cefuroxime, ceftriaxone and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia].
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Unidad de Infecciosas, Servicio de Urgencias y Secciones de Neumología y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Randomized Controlled Trial