Adjunctive Therapies for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Clin Chest Med

Pneumology Department, Respiratory Institute (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona (UB), SGR 911 - Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), ICREA Academia, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Department of Pneumology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Villarroel 140, Barcelona 08036, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: December 2018

The use of adjuvant therapies for community-acquired pneumonia is still in development. Combinations of antibiotics with macrolides seem to be the best option when there is no risk of resistance. The use of corticosteroids is the treatment of choice in patients with severe pneumonia and a high inflammatory response who do not present contraindications for these drugs. Other drugs await confirmation of their benefit and should be used only on exceptional occasions at this time.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2018.07.008DOI Listing

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