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Empirical use of fluoroquinolones improves the survival of critically ill patients with tuberculosis mimicking severe pneumonia
INTRODUCTION: Empirical use of fluoroquinolones may delay the initiation of appropriate therapy for tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed to evaluate the impact of empirical fluoroquinolone use on the survival of patients with pulmonary TB that mimicked severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requir...
Autores principales: | Tseng, Yu-Tzu, Chuang, Yu-Chung, Shu, Chin-Chung, Hung, Chien-Ching, Hsu, Chiung-Fang, Wang, Jann-Yuan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682311/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23098258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11839 |
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