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[Patients with onset of pneumonia occurring ≥ 48 hours after hospital admission; see Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) guidelines. Patients
who are neutropenic are also excluded from these guidelines.]
Attention: Please Document in Patient Type Treatmenta If Severe Penicillin
Medical Record What Risk Factors Allergya,e
are Present
Outpatient
Note: Patients previously defined with No Significant Past Medical History Azithromycin 500mg PO x 1, then
Healthcare associated pneumonia (HCAP) 250mg PO Q24hb or Doxycycline
per previous guidelines (e.g. residents of 100mg PO Q12hc
nursing homes, receiving home infusion
therapy or wound care, or chronic dialysis Significant comorbidities or antibiotic Amoxicillin 1,000mg PO TID plus Moxifloxacin 400mg PO Q24hk
within 30 days) are included in these exposure in past 60 days Azithromycin 500mg PO x 1, then
guidelines. In lieu of the HCAP 250mg PO Q24hb or Doxycycline
categorization previously used, a thorough 100mg PO Q12hc
risk assessment should be performed to OR
determine appropriate antimicrobial Amoxicillin/clavulanate 875mg PO
therapy. Consider risk factors listed below Q12h plus Azithromycin 500mg PO x
when choosing empiric therapy. 1, then 250mg PO Q24hb or
Doxycycline 100mg PO Q12hc
Pseudomonas Risk Factors OR
Inpatients hospitalized for 3 or See footnote F Moxifloxacin 400mg PO Q24hf,k
more days in the past 60 days No Pseudomonas Risk Factors
Structural Lung Disease (e.g. Hospitalized to ward* Ceftriaxone 1gm IV Q24hd Moxifloxacin 400mg PO/IV Q24hg
bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, etc.) OR
Broad spectrum antibiotics within See footnote D (refers to ceftriaxone Ampicillin/sulbactam 3gm IV Q6hd,g
the past 60 days and ampicillin/sulbactam) OR
History of respiratory positive Moxifloxacin 400mg PO/IV Q24hg
culture for Pseudomonas in the Hospitalized to ICU* Ceftriaxone 2gm IV Q24h plus Moxifloxacin 400mg IV Q24hg plus
past year Azithromycin 500mg IV Q24h Vancomycin IV
MRSA* Risk Factors Pseudomonas Risk Factor(s) Present (see list to left)
Necrotizing pneumonia or cavitary Hospitalized to ward* Piperacillin/tazobactam 3.375gm IV Solicit advice from CAUSE delegate
infiltrates on chest radiograph Q8hj or Cefepime 1gm IV Q8hh,j
Post-influenza pneumonia
History of positive culture for
MRSA (i.e. colonized with MRSA)
Intravenous drug use
See footnote D
For patients being admitted who are Hospitalized to ICU* Piperacillin/tazobactam 3.375gm IV Solicit advice from CAUSE delegate
critically ill or immunocompromised or with Q8hj or Cefepime 1gm IV Q8hj plus
an atypical pattern on CXR, consider Azithromycin 500mg IV Q24hh
ordering a respiratory viral panel (RVP).
Created: 6/2/06; last revised December 2016; last reviewed March 2017.
*If MRSA risk factors are present, consider the addition of vancomycin or linezolid
Footnotes
Created: 6/2/06; last revised December 2016; last reviewed March 2017.