Can clinical findings at admission allow withholding of antibiotics in patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia when a test for a respiratory virus is positive?
Abstract Background Current guidelines recommend empiric antibiotic therapy for patients who require hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We sought to determine whether clinical, imaging or laboratory features in patients hospitalized for CAP in whom PCR is positive for a respirat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Pneumonia |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-024-00153-9 |
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