Pneumonia: Are we putting the CURB score into practice?

EDITOR—Hoare and Li suggest that patients with pneumonia should receive antibiotics intravenously if they have a CURB score of at least 3, or contraindications to oral treatment, which may include malabsorption, impaired consciousness, or risk of aspiration.1 They also assert that intravenous antibiotics should be changed to oral treatment as soon as possible. These …