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Antibiotic treatment of community acquired pneumonia varies widely across Germany.
J. Infect. 54, 446-453 (2007)
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is a frequent and potentially fatal infectious disease which, in the majority of cases, needs an antibiotic intervention.Objectives: Aim was to evaluate antibiotic treatment patterns regarding all types of mono- and combination-therapy throughout the local clinical centres (LCCs) represented in the German competence network CAPNETZ (= Community Acquired Pneumonia Network) and to identify clinical indicators for regional differences.Methods: We analysed outpatients and inpatients recruited between March 2003 and April 2005. Patient and treatment details were registered online using standardised data entry forms. A logistic regression model was issued for the 4 most frequently applied antibiotics, adjusting for potentially relevant confounders.Results: The study sample consisted of 3221 patients at the age of 18 to 102 years. Overall, aminopenicillins plus betalactamase inhibitor (20.4%), fluoroquinolone (17.0%), macrolides combined with cephalosporins third generation (10.6%) and cephalosporins third generation (8.9%) were most frequently prescribed. After control for potential confounders, significant treatment differences remained between study sites.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
antibiotic treatment; community acquired pneumonia; treatment patterns
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2007
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2007
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0163-4453
e-ISSN
0163-4453
Zeitschrift
Journal of Infection
Quellenangaben
Band: 54,
Heft: 5,
Seiten: 446-453
Verlag
Elsevier
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
PSP-Element(e)
G-503900-002
PubMed ID
17007933
WOS ID
000246442900006
Scopus ID
34247119582
Erfassungsdatum
2007-09-26