Multidrug-Resistant Infections Among Hospitalized Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia In An Indonesian Tertiary Referral Hospital.
Abdul Khairul Rizki PurbaPurwantyastuti AscobatArmen MuchtarLaksmi WulandariAlfian Nur RosyidPriyo Budi PurwonoTjip S van der WerfAlexander W FriedrichMaarten J PostmaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2019)
One-fifth of causative agents among hospitalized CAP cases were identified as MDR organisms. The pathogens of MDR and non-MDR CAP remain susceptible to the third-generation cephalosporins. Together with additional consideration of culture findings and Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) assessment, a 3-day clinical assessment is essential to predict the prognosis of 14-day mortality.