Abstract
PURPOSE: Pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) cause pneumonia in patients presenting to the hospital. The healthcare associated pneumonia (HCAP) concept attempts to capture this. We sought 1) to determine the predictive significance the HCAP syndrome at identifying persons with pneumonia due to resistant organisms and 2) to develop a risk score for resistance in pneumonia.
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