[Is it possible to shorten the antibiotic therapy in patients hospitalized for acute COPD exacerbation?]

Rev Mal Respir. 2017 Mar;34(3):275-277. doi: 10.1016/j.rmr.2017.01.004. Epub 2017 Feb 8.

[Article in French]

Authors

F Vandenbos¹, C Caisso², E Harb³, R Vidal⁴, I Nicolle⁴, K Risso², P-M Roger²; au nom du Réso-Infectio-PACA-Est

Affiliations

¹ Centre de soins de suite et de rééducation « La Maison du Mineur », 06141 Vence, France; Service de pneumologie, hôpital Clavary, 06135 Grasse cedex, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Service des maladies infectieuses, hôpital Archet 1, 06200 Nice, France.
³ Service de pneumologie, hôpital de la Dracénie, 83300 Draguignan, France.
⁴ Service de pneumologie, hôpital Clavary, 06135 Grasse cedex, France.

PMID: 28189433
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2017.01.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute exacerbation of COPD; Antibiothérapie; Antibiotic therapy; Exacerbation de BPCO; Hospitalisation; Hospitalization.

Publication types

Controlled Clinical Trial
Letter
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Disease Progression
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Female
France / epidemiology
Guideline Adherence
Hospitalization* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents