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. 2015 Oct;64(10):648-50.

PURLs: This adjunct medication can speed CAP recovery

Katherine Kirley  1 , Jennie Broders Jarrett  2 , Sandra Sauereisen  2
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PURLs: This adjunct medication can speed CAP recovery

Katherine Kirley et al. J Fam Pract. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

Adding prednisone to the antibiotic regimen can help patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia to stabilize more quickly and leave the hospital sooner.

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