The challenge of nonresolving pneumonia
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 113 (1), 79-92
- https://doi.org/10.3810/pgm.2003.01.1353
Abstract
Pneumonia that fails to resolve after 10 to 14 days of antibiotic therapy can lead physicians to call for consultation or unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures. Understanding the infectious and noninfectious causes of pneumonia and their normal times to resolution is enormously helpful in the judicious evaluation of and timely intervention in this very challenging condition.Keywords
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