Measuring acceptable treatment failure rates for community-acquired pneumonia: Potential for reducing duration of treatment and antimicrobial resistance

Authors

Keith S. Kaye, Duke University Medical CenterFollow
Anthony D. Harris, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Jay R. McDonald, Washington University Medical Center
Larry J. Strausbaugh, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland
Eli Perencevich, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Publication Date

2008

Volume

29

Issue

2

Inclusive Pages

137-142

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1086/526436

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Measuring Acceptable Treatment Failure Rates for Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: Potential for Reducing Duration of Treatment and Antimicrobial Resistance Keith S. Kaye , MD, MPH, Anthony D. Harris , MD, MPH, Jay R. McDonald , MD, Larry J. Strausbaugh , MD and Eli Perencevich , MD, MS Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 29, No. 2 (February 2008), pp. 137-142 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Article DOI: 10.1086/526436 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526436

Recommended Citation

Kaye, Keith S.; Harris, Anthony D.; McDonald, Jay R.; Strausbaugh, Larry J.; and Perencevich, Eli, "Measuring acceptable treatment failure rates for community-acquired pneumonia: Potential for reducing duration of treatment and antimicrobial resistance." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 29, 2. 137-142. (2008).
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