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November 3, 2017Clinical Infectious Diseases72 citationsOpen Access

Duration of Antibiotic Use Among Adults With Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization in the United States

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SYSarah H. YiKHKelly M HatfieldJBJames Baggs

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In this nationwide sample of patients hospitalized for CAP, median total LOT was just under 10 days, with more than 70% of patients having likely excessive treatment duration. Better adherence to recommended CAP therapy duration by improving prescribing at hospital discharge may be an important target for antibiotic stewardship programs.

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Yi et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9a4765e5bcb4e3b837661https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix986
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