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Community-acquired pneumonia

S.P. Stone
- 19 Dec 1998 - 
- Vol. 352, Iss: 9145, pp 2019-2019
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-12-19. It has received 1403 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community-acquired pneumonia.

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Optimaliseren van het antibioticabeleid in Nederland. II. SWAB-richtlijnen voor antimicrobiele therapie bij thuis opgelopen pneumonie en bij nosocomiale pneumonie

TL;DR: The Netherlands Antibiotic Policy Foundation issued guidelines for empirical antimicrobial therapy of adult pneumonia patients in hospitals with emphasis on 'streamlining' the therapy, i.e. its adjustment (including choosing an antibiotic with the narrowest possible spectrum) once the causative agent is known.
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Ertapenem Therapy for Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly

TL;DR: The efficacy and safety of ertapenem and ceftriaxone are compared for treatment of the subgroup of patients aged 65 and older with community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring parenteral therapy.
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Anemia and community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia

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Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia in Adults: Clinical Presentation and Molecular Characterization of Isolates 2006-2015

TL;DR: Streptococcus pyogenes pneumonia had a continuous presence frequently unrelated to influenza infection, being rapidly fatal even in previously healthy individuals.
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