The association between pre-hospital antibiotic therapy and subsequent in-hospital mortality in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia: an observational study

The association between pre-hospital antibiotic therapy and subsequent in-hospital mortality in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia: an observational study

Abstract Background The majority of patients with community acquired-pneumonia (CAP) are treated in primary care and the mortality in this group is very low. However, a small but significant proportion of patients who begin treatment in the community subsequently require admission due to symptomatic...

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Main Authors: Biswajit Chakrabarti, Dan Wootton, Steven Lane, Elizabeth Kanwar, Joseph Somers, Jacyln Proctor, Nancy Prospero, Mark Woodhead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Pneumonia
Subjects:
Pneumonia
Antibiotics
Community
Mortality
Comorbidity
Severity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41479-018-0047-4

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