Abstract

Recent study findings and professional guidelines have challenged the practice of using sputum Gram stain and culture to make decisions about antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). To assess the value of sputum collection relative to CAP severity, researchers in Spain studied 1669 consecutive patients with evidence …

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