Comparative study of bacteriological profile in infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and community-acquired pneumonia

Background: Community-acquired pneumonia is a differential diagnosis of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); further both have similar pathogenic spectra. Both the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society follow similar empirical antibiotic choic...

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Main Authors: Anindita Menon, B S Nagaraja, Arjun P Chandrashekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:APIK Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ajim.in/article.asp?issn=2666-1802;year=2023;volume=11;issue=3;spage=154;epage=164;aulast=Menon