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Severe adenoviral pneumonia in an immunocompetent host with persistent fevers treated with multiple empiric antibiotics for presumed bacterial co-infection: An antibiotic stewardship perspective on de-escalation derailed

Journal of Clinical Medicine (2017) 6(4)
DOI: 10.3390/jcm6040042
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Abstract

We present a case of severe adenoviral pneumonia in a 20-year-old immunocompetent host with persistently high fevers. The patient was needlessly given multiple empiric antibiotics for non-existent bacterial co-infection. This case has important antibiotic stewardship lessons for practitioners in approaching fevers in the ICU.

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Cunha, B. A., Gian, J., & Klein, N. C. (2017). Severe adenoviral pneumonia in an immunocompetent host with persistent fevers treated with multiple empiric antibiotics for presumed bacterial co-infection: An antibiotic stewardship perspective on de-escalation derailed. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm6040042

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