Guideline-concordant antibiotic therapy is not associated with improved outcomes in healthcare-associated pneumonia
Background: Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) guidelines were first proposed in 2005 but have not yet been validated. The objective of this study was to compare 30-day mortality and length of stay (LOS) in HCAP patients treated with either guideline-concordant HCAP (GC-HCAP) therapy or guidelin...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1126 |