Adherence to SATS antibiotic recommendations in patients with community acquired pneumonia in Johannesburg, South Africa | Zendy

Murimisi Mukansi | Zendy; Anastacia Chetty | Zendy; Charles Feldman | Zendy

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Adherence to SATS antibiotic recommendations in patients with community acquired pneumonia in Johannesburg, South Africa

Author(s) -

Murimisi Mukansi,

Anastacia Chetty,

Charles Feldman

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.6637

Subject(s) - guideline , medicine , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , pediatrics , family medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Antibiotic guidelines have been published by various societies indicating the optimal empiric antibiotic treatment of patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP); however, no studies have been undertaken in South Africa investigating whether the most recent South African Thoracic Society (SATS) antibiotic CAP guideline, published in 2007, is being adhered to, or whether adherence is associated with improved patient outcomes.

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