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Table 6 Treatment of each case of pneumonia and rate of adequate treatment according with the isolated microorganism

From: Improvement of antibiotic therapy and ICU survival in severe non-pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia: a matched case–control study

 

Staphylococcus aureus

Legionella pneumophila

Haemophilus influenzae

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Escherichia coli

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Enterobacter aerogenes

C I

C II

C I

C II

C I

C II

C I

C II

C I

C II

C I

C II

C I

C II

C I

C II

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

1 (0)

1 (1)

5 (3)

1 (1)

Cefotaxime/ceftriaxone

3 (1)

1 (0)

2 (2)

1 (1)

Levofloxacin

1 (0)

1 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

2 (1)

Piperacillin-tazobactam

1 (0)

1 (1)

1 (0)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus macrolide

1 (0)

1 (1)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus clindamycin

1 (0)

1 (0)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate plus levofloxacin

1 (0)

1 (1)

Cefotaxime/ceftriaxone plus macrolide

9 (2)

7 (0)

6 (0)

5 (2)

5 (2)

3 (0)

4 (2)

2 (0)

1 (1)

2 (0)

3 (1)

1 (0)

1 (0)

Cefotaxime/ceftriaxone plus aztreonam

1 (0)

Cefotaxime/ceftriaxone plus clindamycin

Cefotaxime/ceftriaxone plus levofloxacin

1 (1)

2 (0)

1 (1)

5 (0)

6 (0)

2 (0)

1 (0)

3 (0)

1 (1)

1 (0)

1 (0)

1 (0)

Cefepime/ceftazidime plus macrolide

1 (0)

1 (0)

1 (0)

3 (0)

1 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

Cefepime plus amikacin

1 (1)

Cefepime plus ciprofloxacin

1 (0)

1 (0)

Cefepime plus levofloxacin

2 (1)

2 (0)

Carbapenem/piperacillin-tazobactam plus amikacin

1 (0)

Carbapenem/piperacillin-tazobactam plus clindamycin

1 (0)

1 (0)

Carbapenem/piperacillin-tazobactam plus ciprofloxacin

1 (0)

2 (1)

1 (0)

Carbapenem/piperacillin-tazobactam plus macrolide

1 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

4 (1)

1 (0)

Levofloxacin plus azithromycin

1 (0)

1 (0)

Levofloxacin plus tobramycin

1 (0)

Piperacillin-tazobactam plus levofloxacin

2 (0)

1 (0)

2 (1)

Overall

16

16

15

15

15

15

11

11

7

7

4

4

2

2

2

2

Adequate according with microorganisma

16 (100)

16 (100)

13 (86.7)

13 (86.7)

15 (100)

15 (100)

5 (45.5)

6 (54.5)

7 (100)

7 (100)

4 (100)

4 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

  1. Data are shown as absolute count of patients that received a specific antibiotic regimen; the number of patients who died receiving this antibiotic regimen is shown between parenthesis. a Data are presented as n (%). C I CAPUCI I, C II CAPUCI II