Barriers to an early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia
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1. Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. 2. Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. 3. Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. 4. Department of Geriatric Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. 5. Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonessen Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 6. Department of Internal Medicine, Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort, the Netherlands. 7. Department of Nephrology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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