Outcome of failed empirical antibiotic therapy on the mortality of elderly patients with hospitalized pneumonia: A propensity score-based analysis

H. Yamashita, K. Tomita, Y. Ueda, T. Koshobu, S. Yamagata, Y. Tohda, E. Shimizu (Yonago, Osaka-Sayama, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Bacterial, fungal and mycobacterial infections
Session: Bacterial, fungal and mycobacterial infections
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4378
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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H. Yamashita, K. Tomita, Y. Ueda, T. Koshobu, S. Yamagata, Y. Tohda, E. Shimizu (Yonago, Osaka-Sayama, Japan). Outcome of failed empirical antibiotic therapy on the mortality of elderly patients with hospitalized pneumonia: A propensity score-based analysis. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 4378

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