Tianjin Medical Journal

Tianjin Med J ›› 2016, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 5-8.doi: 10.11958/20150309

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Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of non-responding community acquired pneumonia

LI Xin, CAO Jie△   

  1. Abstract： Non-responding pneumonia describes the situation, in which an inadequate clinical response is present de? spite antibiotic treatment. The incidence of treatment failure in community acquired pneumonia (CAP) can range up to 31%. At present, the diagnosis and treatment of this kind of disease remain a great challenge to CAP. For this reason, several stud? ies have attempted to establish risk factors and new strategies for the treatment of non-responding pneumonia. This article re? views the progress of the pathogeny and treatment of non-responding CAP.
  • Received:2015-10-12 Revised:2015-11-20 Published:2016-01-15 Online:2016-01-15
  • Contact: △Corresponding Author E-mail:tjcaojie@sina.com E-mail:tjcaojie@sina.com
  • About author:Department of Respiratory Medicine, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China

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Abstract: Abstract： Non-responding pneumonia describes the situation, in which an inadequate clinical response is present de⁃ spite antibiotic treatment. The incidence of treatment failure in community acquired pneumonia (CAP) can range up to 31%. At present, the diagnosis and treatment of this kind of disease remain a great challenge to CAP. For this reason, several stud⁃ ies have attempted to establish risk factors and new strategies for the treatment of non-responding pneumonia. This article re⁃ views the progress of the pathogeny and treatment of non-responding CAP.

Key words: non-responding pneumonia;, community acquired pneumonia;, treatment failure;, biomarkers, empiric treatment