IV-to-oral switch therapy for community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization: focus on gatifloxacin |
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Authors: | Pelly Lorenzo |
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Affiliation: | (1) 64 Brown Street, 78521 Brownsville, TX |
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Abstract: | The majority of the 1.1 million patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the United States begin therapy with an intravenous antibiotic. A switch to oral therapy as soon as patients are clinically stable reduces the length of hospitalization and associated costs. Fluoroquinolones are appropriate candidates for switch therapy. Gatifloxacin is an excellent choice when a fluoroquinolone is being considered for sequential switch therapy in the treatment of CAP requiring hospitalization. |
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Keywords: | community-acquired pneumonia switch therapy fluoroquinolones gatifloxacin moxifloxacin ciprofloxacin ofloxacin levofloxacin |
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