ACADEMIA

Draft Guidelines on Pneumonia Treatment Set Guides for Selecting Antibacterial Agents: Respiratory Society

November 7, 2016
The Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) has compiled a draft of new guidelines for the treatment of pneumonia that integrate three existing separate guidelines. The draft guidelines break pneumonia down into two basic types — community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired or healthcare/nursing-associated…

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