ID Corner: Lefamulin (Xenleta) for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP)
by Stephanie Londre, PharmD
"According to the World Health Organization, lower respiratory disease is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. At the same time, antibiotic resistance has emerged in several common pathogens that cause community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). The general treatment modalities used for CABP, according to the 2019 CABP Infectious Diseases Society of American (IDSA) guideline, are beta-lactams, doxycycline, macrolides, or fluoroquinolones, depending on CABP severity and setting (outpatient versus inpatient)."
Keywords: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Moxifloxacin, Linezolid, Doxycycline, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Fluoroquinolones
Macrolides, beta-Lactams, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Incidence, Benchmarking, United States Food and Drug Administration, Injection Site Reaction, Influenza, Human, Intention to Treat Analysis, Liver Function Tests, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Communicable Diseases, Diarrhea, Nausea, World Health Organization
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"According to the World Health Organization, lower respiratory disease is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. At the same time, antibiotic resistance has emerged in several common pathogens that cause community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). The general treatment modalities used for CABP, according to the 2019 CABP Infectious Diseases Society of American (IDSA) guideline, are beta-lactams, doxycycline, macrolides, or fluoroquinolones, depending on CABP severity and setting (outpatient versus inpatient)."
Keywords: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Moxifloxacin, Linezolid, Doxycycline, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Fluoroquinolones
Macrolides, beta-Lactams, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Incidence, Benchmarking, United States Food and Drug Administration, Injection Site Reaction, Influenza, Human, Intention to Treat Analysis, Liver Function Tests, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Communicable Diseases, Diarrhea, Nausea, World Health Organization
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2021 July/August Table of Contents