title: Antibiotic de-escalation: observational causal inference and culture dependence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, UPMC Montefiore Hospital-NW628, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. kitsiosg@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Georgios D
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1018-948X
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kitsios
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, UPMC Montefiore Hospital-NW628, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.|Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, UPMC Montefiore Hospital-NW628, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Bryan J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McVerry
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D018805:Sepsis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents