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SUBMITTER: Belforti RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4901867 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Belforti Raquel K RK Lagu Tara T Haessler Sarah S Lindenauer Peter K PK Pekow Penelope S PS Priya Aruna A Zilberberg Marya D MD Skiest Daniel D Higgins Thomas L TL Stefan Mihaela S MS Rothberg Michael B MB
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20160405 1
<h4>Background</h4>Fluoroquinolones have equivalent oral and intravenous bioavailability, but hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) generally are treated intravenously. Our objectives were to compare outcomes of hospitalized CAP patients initially receiving intravenous vs oral respiratory fluoroquinolones.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective cohort study utilizing data from 340 hospitals involving CAP patients admitted to a non-intensive care unit (ICU) setting from 2 ...[more]