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A New Strategy for Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia: A 2-Year Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study Using Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens to Select Initial Empiric Therapy
Author(s) -
Takaya Maruyama,
Takao Fujisawa,
Mitsuru Okuno,
H. Toyoshima,
Kiyoyuki Tsutsui,
Hiroshi Maeda,
Hisamichi Yuda,
M. Yoshida,
Hirofumi Kobayashi,
Osamu Taguchi,
Esteban C. Gabazza,
Yoshio Takei,
Naoyuki Miyashita,
Toshiaki Ihara,
Vicens Díaz-Brito,
Michael S. Niederman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit571
Subject(s) - medicine , empiric therapy , pneumonia , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , risk factor , combination therapy , multiple drug resistance , cohort study , pseudomonas aeruginosa , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , retrospective cohort study , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , bacteria , genetics , alternative medicine
Optimal empiric therapy for hospitalized patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is uncertain.

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