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04.10.2021 | case report

New insights and antimicrobial stewardship opportunities in viral pneumonia: five lung ultrasound cases

verfasst von: Lukas Antonitsch, Ronald Gallob, Gerhard Weidinger, Joachim Kettenbach

Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 21-22/2021

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Summary

Background

Antimicrobial stewardship is crucial to avoid antimicrobial resistance in microbes and adverse drug effects in patients. In respiratory infections, however, viral pneumonia is difficult to distinguish from bacterial pneumonia, which explains the overuse of antibiotic therapy in this indication.

Cases

Five cases of lung consolidation are presented. Lung ultrasound, in conjunction with procalcitonin levels, were used to exclude or corroborate bacterial pneumonia.

Conclusion

Lung ultrasound is easy to learn and perform and is helpful in guiding diagnosis in unclear cases of pneumonia and may also offer new insights into the spectrum of certain virus diseases. The use of lung ultrasound can raise awareness in clinicians of the need for antimicrobial stewardship and may help to avoid the unnecessary use of antibiotics.
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Titel
New insights and antimicrobial stewardship opportunities in viral pneumonia: five lung ultrasound cases
verfasst von
Lukas Antonitsch
Ronald Gallob
Gerhard Weidinger
Joachim Kettenbach
Publikationsdatum
04.10.2021
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 21-22/2021
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-021-01946-4