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Traditional Chinese Medicine for Drug-Resistant Bacterial Pneumonia

This is a multicenter prospective observational cohort study of hospitalized adults with drug-resistant bacterial pneumonia. The study will compare patients who receive systemic traditional Chinese medicine treatment during routine clinical care with those who do not receive systemic traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Systemic traditional Chinese medicine treatment may include Chinese herbal decoctions, oral Chinese patent medicines, or Chinese medicine injections. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate whether systemic traditional Chinese medicine treatment is associated with a lower risk of lower respiratory tract infection events within 180 days after hospital discharge. Other outcomes will include mortality, rehospitalization, bacterial clearance, clinical cure at discharge, antibiotic use, pneumonia-related clinical scores, quality of life, inflammatory markers, imaging changes, safety indicators, and direct medical costs.