Ertapenem therapy for pneumonia requiring hospital admission in elderly people.

Objective: Few studies examined ertapenem for the treatment of pneumonia. This study aims to compare ertapenem with other antibiotics commonly used for the treatment of pneumonia requiring hospital admission in elderly patients in daily clinical practice.

Methods: We conducted an observational, retrospective case-control study,between January 2011 and January 2014, in a university hospital.