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nursing home associated pneumonia

Etiology: - Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause Management: - if facility has low rate of resistant organisms, no need to cover MRSA - broad spectrum coverage for gram-negative bacteria indicated for COPD - levofloxacin rather than ceftriaxone or cefipime if patient to be treated in nursing home* [2] * * it is unclear whether or not this applies only to patients with COPD

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pneumonia (PNA)

References

  1. Mylotte M Nursing Home-Associated Pneumonia, Part I: Diagnosis. JAMDA. 2019. June 6. https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(19)30388-3/fulltext
  2. Mylotte M Nursing Home-Associated Pneumonia, Part II: Etiology and Treatment. JAMDA. 2020. June 6.