Evaluation Of Antibiotic Therapy Among Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia In Hospital Pulau Pinang
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Date
2013-12
Authors
Primadiamanti, Annisa
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of infectious diseases that
cause morbidity and mortality, especially in Asia-Pacific regions. Antibiotics
guideline is needed in order to achieve appropriate use of antibiotics for CAP
management, including Malaysia. Outcome of therapy still needed to be monitored to
evaluate the antibiotics use for hospitalized patients with CAP. Therefore, this study
was aimed to evaluate antibiotics use for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in
medical ward of Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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Antibiotic Therapy , Pneumonia