Specific treatments
The appropriate antibiotic, particularly in blind therapy is best recommended by the BNF or local microbiologists.
In blind therapy bacterial pneumonia is more likely to be pneumococcus, which is treated with oral amoxicillin.
A history of dry cough suggests atypicals such as legionella, mycoplasma etc, in which case erythromycin should be added in.
Abcess formation on radiology indicates a need for flucloxacillin, gentamicin or cephalosporin.
Related pages
- Treatment of staphylococcal pneumonia
- Treatment of uncomplicated influenza
- Treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia
- Treatment of haemophilus pneumonia
- Treatment of pseudomonas pneumonia
- Treatment of Klebsiella pneumonia
- Treatment of RSV
- Treatment of PCP
- Treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia
- Treatment of Legionnaire's disease
- Treatment of Q fever
- Treatment of psittacosis
- Treatment of toxoplasmosis
- Treatment of tuberculosis
- Antibacterial treatment of aspiration pneumonia
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