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216. Step-down Therapy With Oral Fluoroquinolones vs. Oral β-Lactams for Hospitalized Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Multi-Hospital Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines recommend transition to an oral (PO) β-lactam (BL) regimen or fluoroquinolone (FQ) when patients are clinically stable. Due to collateral damage associated with FQs, stewardship efforts often focus on reducing initial FQ use for CAP therapy....

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Autores principales: Petty, Lindsay, Patel, Twisha S, Conlon, Anna, Nielsen, Daniel, Vaughn, Valerie, Kaye, Keith, Malani, Anurag, Osterholzer, Danielle, Thyagarajan, Rama, Flanders, Scott, Gandhi, Tejal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254695/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.228