Aurélien Dinh, Clara Duran, Jacques Ropers, Frédérique Bouchand, Laurène Deconinck, Morgan Matt, Olivia Senard, Aurore Lagrange, Guillaume Mellon, Ruxandra Calin, Sabrina Makhloufi, Victoire de Lastours, Emmanuel Mathieu, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn, Elisabeth Rouveix, Julie Grenet, Jennifer Dumoulin, Thierry Chinet, Marion Pépin, Véronique Delcey, Sylvain Diamantis, Daniel Benhamou, Virginie Vitrat, Marie-Christine Dombret, Bertrand Renaud, Yann-Erick Claessens, José Labarère, Jean-Pierre Bedos, Philippe Aegerter, Anne-Claude Crémieux
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we aimed to assess the efficacy of different ways of administration and types of beta-lactams for hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). METHODS: In this post-hoc analysis of a RCT on patients hospitalized for CAP (PTC trial) comparing 3-day versus 8-day durations of beta-lactams, which concluded to non-inferiority, we included patients who received either amoxicillin-clavulanate (AMC) or third-generation cephalosporin (3GC) regimens, and exclusively either intravenous or oral treatment for the first 3 days (followed by either 5 days of oral placebo or AMC according to randomization)...
May 9, 2024: Clinical Microbiology and Infection