JAC Advance Access originally published online on June 10, 2008
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2008 62(3):641; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn226
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Letter to the Editor |
Comment on: Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the UK: Report of the Working Party on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Internal Medicine, Norwegian American Hospital (Chicago), 1328 Greenwood, Wilmette, IL 60091, USA
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Keywords: nutrition , infection , respiratory tract
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Sir,
I appreciated the recent and very comprehensive guidelines for managing hospital-acquired pneumonia by Masterton et al.1
Malnutrition can greatly increase pneumonia morbidity and mortality rates in both children and adults. Malnutrition is
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