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Does Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia really exist?
That’s a question I’ve asked myself many times. If it doesn’t, antibiotics would not be needed, attributable mortality would be absent, and VAP prevention would not increase survival. A new – and excellent – study in Lancet Respiratory Medicine provides new evidence that fits my pre-opinionated and unproven belief. In…
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Macrolides for community-acquired pneumonia: to add or not to add?
Should patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) be treated with macrolides added to a beta-lactam antibiotic? This is a long-lasting discussion.