View source for Section 3.5.6: Empirical antimicrobial therapy (from DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1735265)

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<b>From publication:</b> "Diagnosis and clinical management of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection: an operational recommendation of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (V2.0)" in the journal Emerg Microbes Infect (2020)<br> https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1735265<br><h3><u>Section 3.5.6: Empirical antimicrobial therapy</u></h3><p>If bacterial infection is suspected according to the patient's clinical and imaging findings, patients of mild type can take oral antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia, such as second-generation cephalosporins or fluoroquinolones. As regards patients of severe type, all possible pathogens should be covered when necessary.</p><small><b><em>Go to [[Section 4: Protection and transfer (from DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1735265)|next section]] in publication</em></b></small>