Antibiotic de-escalation patterns and outcomes in critically ill patients with suspected pneumonia as informed by bronchoalveolar lavage results
BAL quantitative cultures and multiplex PCR rapid diagnostic tests resulted in prompt antibiotic de-escalation in critically ill pneumonia patients. There was no evidence of increased unfavorable outcomes.
Authors
- Nikolay S. Markov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3659-4387)
- Benjamin David Singer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5775-8427)
- Anna Pawlowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9047-6437)
- Richard G. Wunderink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8527-4195)
- Catherine A. Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5576-3943)
- Mengou Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7969-3983)
- Luke V. Rasmussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4497-8049)
- Chiagozie I. Pickens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-9228)
- Nandita R. Nadig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8694-4704)
- Mengjia Kang
- James M. Walter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7428-3101)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-025-05144-2
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.48