Empiric antibiotic selection for community-acquired pneumonia in US hospitals, 2013-2020

• Main Authors: Hannah Wolford (Author), Brandon Attell (Author), James Baggs (Author), Sujan Reddy (Author), Sarah Kabbani (Author), Melinda Neuhauser (Author), Lauri Hicks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common indication for antibiotic prescribing in hospitalized patients. Professional societies' clinical guidelines recommend specific antibiotics for empiric treatment of CAP based on clinical factors. Manual assessments of appropriateness are...