Under what circumstances would you initiate antibiotics in adults hospitalized with RSV and a suspected bacterial co-infection?
Karlsen et al., PMID 41488696
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Under what circumstances would you initiate antibiotics in adults hospitalized with known RSV pneumonia?
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Infectious Disease · Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell
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Bacterial co-infection in patients hospitalized with RSV ranges between 8% and 29% (Karlsen et al., PMID 41488696). The American Thoracic Society 2025 guidelines recommend prescribing empiric antibiotics to all hospitalized patients with clinical and imaging evidence of community-acquired pneumonia ...
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