Reply to Huttner et al.: 2019 Community-acquired Pneumonia Treatment Guidelines: There Is a Need for a Change toward More Parsimonious Antibiotic Use

Joshua P Metlay^{1

2}, Grant W Waterer^{3

4}

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Joshua P Metlay et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.

. 2020 May 15;201(10):1316-1317.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202001-0164LE.

Joshua P Metlay^{1

2}, Grant W Waterer^{3

4}

No abstract available

Comment on

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, Anzueto A, Brozek J, Crothers K, Cooley LA, Dean NC, Fine MJ, Flanders SA, Griffin MR, Metersky ML, Musher DM, Restrepo MI, Whitney CG. Metlay JP, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct 1;200(7):e45-e67. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1581ST. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019. PMID: 31573350 Free PMC article.
2019 Community-acquired Pneumonia Treatment Guidelines: There Is a Need for a Change toward More Parsimonious Antibiotic Use.
Huttner B, Cappello B, Cooke G, Gandra S, Harbarth S, Imi M, Loeb M, Mendelson M, Moja L, Pulcini C, Sharland M, Tacconnelli E, Zeng M, Magrini N. Huttner B, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 May 15;201(10):1315-1316. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201911-2226LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32069065 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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