New insights and antimicrobial stewardship opportunities in viral pneumonia: five lung ultrasound cases.
Wien Klin Wochenschr
; 133(21-22): 1208-1214, 2021 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1451984
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Antimicrobial stewardship is crucial to avoid antimicrobial resistance in microbes and adverse drug effects in patients. In respiratory infections, however, viral pneumonia is difficult to distinguish from bacterial pneumonia, which explains the overuse of antibiotic therapy in this indication. CASES Five cases of lung consolidation are presented. Lung ultrasound, in conjunction with procalcitonin levels, were used to exclude or corroborate bacterial pneumonia.CONCLUSION:
Lung ultrasound is easy to learn and perform and is helpful in guiding diagnosis in unclear cases of pneumonia and may also offer new insights into the spectrum of certain virus diseases. The use of lung ultrasound can raise awareness in clinicians of the need for antimicrobial stewardship and may help to avoid the unnecessary use of antibiotics.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Respiratory Tract Infections
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Antimicrobial Stewardship
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Wien Klin Wochenschr
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00508-021-01946-4
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