Antibiotic Therapy for Ambulatory Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia in an Emergency Department Setting
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- 14 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 163 (7), 797-802
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.7.797
Abstract
COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED pneumonia (CAP) is a common disease in North America with significant morbidity and mortality.1-3 Since the etiologic agent remains unidentified in up to 50% of cases1-3 and a delay of more than 8 hours in antimicrobial therapy is associated with increased mortality,4 prompt empiric therapy for CAP is essential.Keywords
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