Antimicrobial resistance and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.

Clin Chest Med

Division of Infectious Diseases, McMaster University, Henderson Site, 711 Concession Street, 40 Wing, 5th floor, Room 503, Hamilton, Ontario L8V 1C3, Canada.

Published: March 2005

This article discusses the problem of antimicrobial resistance and how it affects the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The discussion is limited to infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and to the treatment of patients hospitalized in a medical ward or an intensive care unit because of pneumococcal CAP.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2004.10.005DOI Listing

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