Comparison of initial empirical antibiotic regimens in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a network meta-analysis
Our findings suggest that β-lactam antibiotics plus macrolides may be the optimal treatment for SCAP. β-lactam antibiotics monotherapy and β-lactam antibiotics plus fluoroquinolones should not be recommended due to their inferior outcomes.
Authors
- Jing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-0683)
- Min Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9233-7844)
- Ao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-5718)
- Xiaoming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4559-7413)
- Qian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-7001)
- Zhuang Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-6496)
- Lian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9201-6517)
Institutions
- First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03695-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35