Empiric penicillin monotherapy of CAP is not associated with increased mortality; experiences from the retrospective CAP-North cohort

Gertrud Baunbæk-Knudsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Gertrud Baunbæk-Knudsen, Andreas Vestergaard Jensen, Stine Andersen, Pelle Trier Petersen, Bjarne Ørskov Lindhardt, Christian von Plessen, Gernot Rohde, Pernille Ravn

Source: International Congress 2016 – Community-acquired pneumonia: from prevention to treatment
Session: Community-acquired pneumonia: from prevention to treatment
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 611
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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