Early administration of the first antimicrobials should be considered a marker of optimal care of patients with community-acquired pneumonia rather than a predictor of outcomes.

Bordon, Jose; Aliberti, Stefano; Duvvuri, Padmaraj; Wiemken, Timothy; Peyrani, Paula; Natividad, Inez; Caceres-Lara, Alfredo; Delapenha, Robert; Blasi, Francesco; Ramirez, Julio

Bordon, Jose; Aliberti, Stefano; Duvvuri, Padmaraj; Wiemken, Timothy; Peyrani, Paula; Natividad, Inez; Caceres-Lara, Alfredo; Delapenha, Robert; Blasi, Francesco; Ramirez, Julio.

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Bordon J; Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. jbordon@provhosp.org

Int J Infect Dis ; 17(5): e293-8, 2013 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23507237

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage; Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy; Community-Acquired Infections/mortality; Critical Care; Emergency Medical Services; Female; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Pneumonia, Bacterial/mortality; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Standard of Care; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Bacterial / Anti-Bacterial Agents Type of study: Guideline / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Int J Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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