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Published on: May 6, 2014
Treatment options for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly people
Nicola Petrosillo1, Maria Adriana Cataldo, Federico Pea
12nd Division of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani", via Portunse 292, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) represents one of the most common reasons for hospitalization in elderly people. Because older persons are the fastest growing segment of the population, a further increase of the incidence of CAP is expected in the next few years. Due to the high frequency, the different epidemiology, the atypical clinical presentation and the age-related modifications in drug metabolism that complicate the treatment, infections in the elderly people represent a major challenge for physicians. Despite the peculiarity of the management of CAP in the elderly people, no specific recommendations for antimicrobial treatment are provided in the international guidelines. The aim of this review is to give an update of the current antibiotic options for CAP in the elderly people reporting available data on the CAP etiology and risk factors, and tolerability, toxicity and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamic of antimicrobial agents used for elderly patients.
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