title: Set a short course but follow the patient's course for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: mklompas@partners.org.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klompas
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents