A 62-year-old with severe community CAP is admitted to ICU with hypotension and multilobar infiltrates. Which stewardship principle is correct?...

Question

A 62-year-old with severe community CAP is admitted to ICU with hypotension and multilobar infiltrates. Which stewardship principle is correct?

Accepted Answer

Use MRSA nasal PCR to help de-escalate anti-MRSA therapy

Answer

Empirically cover MRSA/Pseudomonas in all ICU CAP

Answer

Azithromycin monotherapy is sufficient

Answer

Avoid beta-lactam therapy to reduce C. difficile

Answer

Continue broad-spectrum therapy regardless of cultures

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Severe CAP-Stewardship