Blood cultures for community-acquired pneumonia: Can we hit the target without a shotgun?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 407-408

  Moran, Gregory J ^a   Abrahamian, Fredrick M ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644565754     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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