1792Higher Adherence to an Inpatient Treatment Guideline for Community-acquired Pneumonia is Associated with Reduced Mortality in Botswana
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1792. Higher Adherence to an Inpatient Treatment Guideline for Communityacquired Pneumonia is Associated with Reduced Mortality in Botswana Michelle Haas, MD; Raina Phillips, MD; Harvey Friedman, MD; Bakgaki Ratshaa,; Ari Ho-Foster, MSc; Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado-Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO; Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
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