Prescribe 5 days of antibiotic treatment for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia because it produces the same clinical success rates as longer treatment regimens, but is associated with fewer negative patient outcomes.
Gregory Castelli, Jennie B Jarrett. PURLs: When to "CAP" off treatment for pneumonia. The Journal of family practice. 2017 Oct;66(10):629-631
PMID: 28991939
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