Shorter versus longer durations of antibiotic treatment for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gordon Guyatt, Arnav Agarwal, Mark Loeb, John Basmaji, Ya Gao, Maryam Ghadimi, Layla Bakaa, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Saad Asif, Aninditee Das

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Evaluating the Adequacy of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection As a Quality Measure: A Cross-Sectional Analysis at a Single Tertiary Care Center by Piyush Mathur, MD, FCCM, FASA, FAMIA, Amanda J. Naylor, MD, MPH, Moises Auron, MD, Jean Beresian, MD, Alexandra Tallman, BSN, RN, SANE-A, Allison Griffith, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPHQ, Kathleen Seasholtz, BSN, RN, HACP, Mariel Manlapaz, MD, Katherine Zacharyasz, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Reem Khatib, MD, MBA, FASA, Shreya Mishra, PhD, Kathryn Haller, PA, Thomas Fraser, MD, Katherine Holman, MD

“…Each CLABSI episode was assessed for relationship with central venous catheter (CVC), suspected secondary source of BSI, mortality associated with the CLABSI hospital encounter, and availability of infectious disease physician or primary physician documentation of infectious source. …”
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The Performance of Direct Disk Diffusion for Community Acquired Bacteremia due to Gram-Negative Bacilli and Its Impact on Physician Treatment Decisions by Peter Daley, Adam Comerford, Jurgienne Umali, Carla Penney

“…Physician antibiotic treatment decisions were assessed by an infectious diseases physician based on information available to the physician at the time of the decision. …”
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Implementation and evaluation of a complex outpatient oral antimicrobial therapy program (COpAT) in Canada by Maggie Wong, Davie Wong

“…Setting: Outpatient ambulatory clinic led by infectious diseases physicians, serving patients from a tertiary hospital and a small community hospital. …”
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