Shorter antibiotic courses in community-acquired pneumonia-ready for prime time

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Editorial

Erica J Shaddock et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;8(12):E1628-E1631.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.52.

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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