Clinical Features and the Role of Atypical Pathogens in Nursing and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia (NHCAP): Differences between a Teaching University Hospital and a Community Hospital

Abstract

There were many differences in the clinical characteristics between NHCAP patients in a university hospital and a community hospital even for hospitals located in the same area. Aspiration pneumonia was thought to be the main characteristic of NHCAP in both hospitals. Thus, all NHCAP patients did not need the same empiric therapy with a multidrug regimen directed against MDR pathogens. In addition, physicians rarely need to consider atypical pathogens in NHCAP treatment.