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Practice patterns for antibiotic de-escalation in culture-negative healthcare-associated pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Published guidelines for the treatment of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) recommend initial broad-spectrum antibiotics with appropriate de-escalation based on culture results. Guideline recommendations are based on data from intubated patients, in whom cultures are easily obtained...

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Autores principales: Schlueter, M., James, C., Dominguez, A., Tsu, L., Seymann, G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Urban and Vogel 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20652354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-010-0042-z