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   How do you treat pneumococcal pneumonia?

   • Treat uncomplicated or mild infection with a beta-lactam or macrolide antibiotic. Severe or bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia is treated with combination therapy (eg, a macrolide plus a beta-lactam).

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   How do you treat community-acquired pneumonia?

   • People who have community-acquired pneumonia usually can be treated at home with medication. Although most symptoms ease in a few days or weeks, the feeling of tiredness can persist for a month or more. Specific treatments depend on the type and severity of your pneumonia, your age and your overall health. The options include: Antibiotics.

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   What is the prognosis of pneumococcal infection?

   • Older adults, even those without other disease, tend to have a poor prognosis with pneumococcal infections. Damage to the respiratory epithelium by chronic bronchitis or common respiratory viral infections, notably influenza, may predispose to pneumococcal invasion. Primary pneumococcal infection usually involves the middle ear or lungs.

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2. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › diseasesPneumococcal Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

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   Sep 27, 2022 · What is the treatment for pneumococcal disease? Healthcare providers typically use antibiotics to treat bacterial infections such as pneumococcal disease. Your provider may have to try several antibiotics because the bacteria have become resistant to certain medications (this means some medications no longer kill the bacteria).

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   Feb 6, 2024 · A commercially available urinary antigen test can detect the C-polysaccharide antigen of S. pneumoniae as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia. The test. Is rapid and simple to use. Has a reasonable specificity in adults. Can detect pneumococcal pneumonia after initiation of antibiotic therapy.

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   Jun 13, 2020 · Treatment for pneumonia involves curing the infection and preventing complications. People who have community-acquired pneumonia usually can be treated at home with medication. Although most symptoms ease in a few days or weeks, the feeling of tiredness can persist for a month or more.

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   Clinical Guidance for Pneumococcal Disease. Clinical information on testing for, preventing, and managing pneumococcal disease.

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   Jun 13, 2020 · treatment. Doctors & departments. Overview. Pneumonia and your lungs Enlarge image. Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus (purulent material), causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing.

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   Oct 19, 2022 · Was this helpful? What types of infections can pneumococcus cause? Pneumococcus can cause various infections that affect your lungs, brain, and other parts of your body. The symptoms may also...

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   Treatment depends on the resistance profile and includes either a beta-lactam, a macrolide, a respiratory fluoroquinolone, a pleuromutilin, or sometimes vancomycin. Pneumococci are fastidious microorganisms that require catalase to grow on agar plates. In the laboratory, pneumococci are identified by. Gram-positive lancet-shaped diplococci.