Duration of Antibiotic Use Among Adults With Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization in the United States

摘要

Among patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia, median total length of antibiotic therapy was 9.5 days. More than 70% of patients exceeded treatment duration recommendations due to outpatient prescribing at discharge. Discharge prescribing may be an important antibiotic stewardship target.