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and short-term mortality for hospitalized patients with CAP

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Lee JS. JAMA 2016
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Recommended empirical antibiotic therapy for CAP
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IDSA/ATS Guidelines on the Management of CAP. CID 2007
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Aim: to define whether elderly patients hospitalized with CAP had better

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outcomes if they were were treated with empirical antimicrobial therapy
adherent the 2007 IDSA/AST guidelines
Design: secondary analysis of the CAPO database. 43 centers in 12
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Patients: 1649 (975 regimen adherent, 465 undertreated, 195 overtreated)

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Outcome

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Nonadherence

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Overall in-hospital mortality 8% 17 % <.01

Arnold FW. Arch Intern Med 2009

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patients with CAP: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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compared with nonmacrolide use (3.7% vs 6.5%; RR .78, 95% CI .64-.95; P= .01)

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- There was no survival advantage when analysis were restricted to RCTs or to
patients treated with guideline-concordant antibiotics.

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Asadi L. Clin Infect Dis 2012

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a systematic review and meta-analysis

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- 28 observational studies (no RCTs) of almost 10,000 critically ill pts with CAP.

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difference in mortality was found (20% betalactam/macrolide vs. 23% betalactam/
fluoroquinolone; RR .83, 95% CI .67-1.03; P= .09)

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Combination Treatment in Moderately Severe CAP
A Randomized Noninferiority Trial

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Outcome
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90-day mortality

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oral ATB therapy
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6 (4 – 8)
16.2 %
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Cluster-randomized, crossover trial with strategies rotated

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17.4 %

in 4-month periods; 7 hospitals in the Netherlands Postma DF. New Engl J Med 2015
Levofloxacin vs. azithromycin for treating Legionella pneumonia
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Observational retrospective multicenter study of 446 consecutive patients
with Legionella pneumonia requiring hospitalization (2000 – 2014)

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Time to defervescence
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(n= 177)

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Time to clinical stability 3 (2 – 5) 3 (2 – 5) 0.48

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30-day mortality 2.3 % 5.1 % 0.16

Garcia-Vidal C. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017

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mortality and LOS

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Viasus

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antibiotics in severe CAP: a multicentre randomised trial
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Setting: 7 teaching hospitals in the Netherlands.

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Participants: 265 pts in non-intensive care wards with severe CAP.
Intervention: 3 days of iv antibiotics followed, when clinically stable,

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by oral antibiotics or 7 days of iv antibiotics.

Outcome

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Control
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Mean difference
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Mean (SD) LOS, days 9.6 (5.0) 11.5 (4.9) 1.9 (0.6 to 3.2)

Oosterheert JJ. BMJ 2006

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intravenous antibiotic therapy and length of stay in CAP

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Objective: to determine whether the use of a 3-step critical pathway

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is safe and effective in reducing duration of iv antibiotic therapy and
LOS in hospitalized adults with CAP

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Design: randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN 17875607)

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Setting: 2 tertiary hospitals in Barcelona
Intervention: 3-step critical pathway or usual care

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Primary end point: LOS

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Secondary end points: duration of iv antibiotic therapy, adverse drug
reactions, need for readmission, and overall case-fatality rate
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2 SWITCH TO ORAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY

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Ability to maintain oral intake, stable vital signs (temperature 37.8ºC,
RR 24´, SBP ≥90 mmHg) and absence of exacerbated comorbidities

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Meeting criteria for oral antibiotic therapy, baseline mental status,
and adequate oxygenation on room air (PaO2 ≥60 mmHg or pulse
oximetry ≥90%)
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Adverse drug reactions 5% 16 % <.001
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Short-course (≤ 7 days) versus extended-course (>7 days).

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Short-course: azithro (10), β-lactams (2), FQ (2), ketolides (1).

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Bacteriologic eradication 1.11, 0.76 – 1.62

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 Duration of antibiotic treatment in CAP
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Multicenter, noninferiority, RCT. Four spanish teaching hospitals (2012 - 2013)

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At day 30
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Infections for which short-course therapy has been shown

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Antibiotic therapy based on current guideline
recommendations should be initiated within 4

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LOS and does not negatively affect outcomes.
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Objective measures of clinical stability can

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antibiotic therapy, without compromising

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Duration of therapy in most patients can be

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safely shortened to 5 days without increased
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