Seven days of antibiotics are effective for most hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) infections, recommend new guidelines published by the Infectious Diseases ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently revised its recommendations for adult hospital patients with two common types of hospital-acquired ...

The authors sought to assess the effectiveness of short vs prolonged-course antibiotic administration for hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults (most of whom had VAP) by conducting a ...

When treating patients with hospital-acquired or ventilator-acquired pneumonia, providers should consider keeping the maximum course of antibiotic treatment to seven days, according to new guidelines ...

The concept of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) gained widespread acceptance in 2005 after it was endorsed by an American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) ...