Your doctor will
choose your antibiotic based on a number of things,
including your age, your symptoms and how severe they are, and whether you need
to go to the hospital. The number of days you take antibiotics depends on your general
health, how serious your pneumonia is, and the type of antibiotic you are
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Most people see some
improvement in symptoms in 2 to 3 days. Unless you get worse during this time,
your doctor usually will not change your treatment for at least 3 days.
Getting started on antibiotics soon after getting pneumonia may help recovery.5
there is no improvement or if your symptoms get worse, you may need a
culture and a sensitivity test. These tests help
identify the organism that is causing your symptoms. These tests also help your
doctor find out whether the bacteria is
resistant to the antibiotic.
If you do not need to go to the
hospital for pneumonia, it is not usually necessary to identify the organism
causing the pneumonia before starting treatment. If you do go to the hospital,
you will probably have some testing to identify the bacteria.
will not have to go to the hospital unless you: