Meyers B R
Am Fam Physician. 1983 Sep;28(3):204-10.
Despite the proliferation of antibiotics, pneumonia remains a leading cause of death in the United States. Diagnostic methods for identifying pathogenic organisms in pneumonia frequently are inaccurate or unreliable, and may be unproductive. When the precise etiology has not been determined, a second-generation cephalosporin offers wide antibiotic coverage as initial therapy for patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
尽管抗生素不断涌现，但肺炎仍是美国主要的死亡原因之一。肺炎中致病微生物的诊断方法常常不准确或不可靠，而且可能毫无成效。当确切病因尚未确定时，第二代头孢菌素可为社区获得性细菌性肺炎患者提供广泛的抗生素覆盖范围，作为初始治疗手段。
