Open AccessReasons for Choice of Antibiotic for the Empirical Treatment of CAP by Canadian Infectious Disease Physicians
Author(s) -
Jacob Pendergrast,
Thomas J. Marrie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/1999/928438
Subject(s) - medicine , respondent , family medicine , antibiotics , pneumonia , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law , biology
Previous studies have documented substantial variation in physician prescribing practices for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Much of this variation is the result of empirical treatment, in which physicians must choose antibiotics in the a8bsence of culture and sensitivity data.
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