Nursing and Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients 20 years of age and older 2.Patients with pneumonia categorized as group B or C according to the JRS Guidelines for the Management of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients receiving other treatments with clinical efficacy 2.Contraindication for levofloxacin 3.Patients deemed ineligible by the attending physicians for various reasons.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Efficacy and safety of azithromycin at the end of administration | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Clinical efficacy 3 days after administration 2.Disappearance of main causative bacteria after azithromycin treatment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Department of Respiratory Medicine