Suggested hospital empirical antimicrobial therapy for adults
Infections of the respiratory system
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Chronic bronchitis - exacerbation
- Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
- Cystic fibrosis
- COPD - infective exacerbations
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)
- Legionella
- Lung abscess
- Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia in immunocompromised
- Post-influenza Infection
- Post-operative chest infection
- Suspected pulmonary tuberculosis