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When to Switch Therapy in Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc;
- Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, MSc; and
- Antonio Anzueto, MD
- From South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX 78229.
TO THE EDITOR:
We read with great interest the recent Update in Hospital Medicine by Amin and Pistoria (1). However, this summary overplayed the strength of the article by Oosterheert and colleagues (2), and we disagree with the recommendations. Oosterheert and colleagues' article (2) was a ground-breaking, randomized, controlled trial that examined 2 strategies of conversion from intravenous to oral antimicrobial therapy …
