Antibiotics "just-in-case" in a patient with aspiration pneumonitis

JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):489-90. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8030.

Authors

Raed A Joundi¹, Brian M Wong², Jerome A Leis³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada4Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 25665174
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8030

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Cerebral Palsy / complications
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / drug therapy
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / etiology*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / complications
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Metronidazole / administration & dosage
Middle Aged
Penicillanic Acid / administration & dosage
Penicillanic Acid / adverse effects
Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
Piperacillin / administration & dosage
Piperacillin / adverse effects
Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Aspiration / etiology
Pneumonia, Aspiration / prevention & control*
Radiography
Vancomycin / administration & dosage

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Metronidazole
Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
Vancomycin
Penicillanic Acid
Piperacillin