Do you prescribe empiric antibiotics to patients with CAP who test positive for a respiratory virus?
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Pulmonology · NYU Langone Medical Center
I do not start antibiotics when there is a detected viral etiology. And I tend to stop them if they were started. Obviously, this changes if the symptoms worsen and/or I suspect a bacterial superinfection. Another caveat would be in a patient with underlying COPD where Azithromycin may play a role i...