No Room for Error: Empiric Treatment for Fulminant Pneumonia
Early antibiotic administration is critical in cases of sepsis and severe community-acquired pneumonia, which is frequently due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Legionella species, or influenza. We describe the case of a 29-year-old previously healthy man who presented to an urban...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3w4336k1 |