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Treatment of pseudomonas pneumonia

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Antibiotic therapy should not be started until sputum and blood specimens have been taken for investigation.

Details of antibiotic treatment should be checked with a bacteriologist.

Treatment for pseudomonas pneumonia is by a combination of an antipseudomonal penicillin, ceftazidine, ciprofloxacin or meropenem.

The respective summary of product characteristics should be consulted before prescribing any of the drugs described.

Reference

  1. Bassetti M et al. How to manage Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Drugs Context. 2018 May 29;7:212527.

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