Health Management for Older Adults III - Fever and Infection in the Elderly -- Infections

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There are multiple issues in treatment of infections in the elderly which must be considered.

Because infections may present atypically and be nonlocalized, the initiation of early empiric antibiotics is important
- begin with broad spectrum antibiotics, keeping in mind that Gram negative infections in nursing home patients are common
- you can modify antibiotics once culture results are back