%0 Journal Article
%A Molina, Jesús
%A González-Gamarra, Amelia
%A Ginel, Leovigildo
%A Peláez, Mª Encarnación
%A Juez, Juan Luis
%A Artuñedo, Antonio
%A Aldana, Gonzalo
%A Quesada, Enriqueta
%A Cabré, Joan Josep
%A Gómez, Antonio
%A Linares, Manuel
%A Marín, Maria Teresa
%A Yolanda Sanchez, Pilar
%A Núñez, Leonor
%A Gonzálvez, Jaime
%A Mascarós, Enrique
%A López, Javier
%A Cano, Agustina
%A Herrero, José
%A Carmen Serra, María
%A Cimas, Enrique
%A Pedrol, Marta
%A Alfaro, Juan Vicente
%A Martinón-Torres, Federico
%A Cifuentes, Isabel
%A Méndez, Cristina
%A Ocaña, Daniel
%A On Behalf Of The Cappric Study Group,
%T CAPPRIC Study-Characterization of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Spanish Adults Managed in Primary Care Settings.
%D 2021
%@ 2076-2607
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17291
%X The real burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in non-hospitalized patients is largely unknown. This is a 3-year prospective, observational study of ambulatory CAP in adults, conducted in 24 Spanish primary care centers between 2016-2019. Sociodemographic and clinical variables of patients with radiographically confirmed CAP were collected. Pneumococcal etiology was assessed using the Binax Now® test. Patients were followed up for 10 ± 3 days. A total of 456 CAP patients were included in the study. Mean age was 56.6 (±17.5) years, 53.5% were female, and 53.9% had ≥1 comorbidity. Average incidence of CAP was 1.2-3.5 cases per 1000 persons per year. Eighteen patients (3.9%) were classified as pneumococcal CAP. Cough was present in 88.1% of patients at diagnosis and fever in 70.8%. Increased pulmonary density (63.3%) and alveolar infiltrates with air bronchogram (16.6%) were the most common radiographic findings. After 14.6 ± 6.0 days (95% CI = 13.9-15.3), 65.4% of patients had recovered. Hospitalization rate was 2.8%. The most frequently prescribed antibiotics were quinolones (58.7%) and β-lactams (31.1%). In conclusion, one-third of CAP patients did not fully recover after two weeks of empiric antibiotic therapy and 2.8% required hospitalization, highlighting the significant burden associated with non-hospitalized CAP in Spain.
%K CAP
%K ambulatory
%K community-acquired pneumonia
%K non-hospitalized
%K outpatient
%K pneumococcal CAP
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