Staphylococcus aureus is an emergent etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
over the past 2 decades, with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) caused by …

Several viruses target the human respiratory tract, causing different clinical manifestations
spanning from mild upper airway involvement to life-threatening acute respiratory distress …

Background Biomarkers such as C‐reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin may help
distinguish community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) from other causes of lower respiratory …

Childhood community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of mortality in
children under 5 years worldwide. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) may be limited by …

Purpose: Elevated ferritin levels are associated with poor outcomes in Covid-19 patients.
Optimal timing of ferritin assessment and the merit of longitudinal values remains unclear …

Background Although most observational studies identify viral or bacterial pathogens in 50%
or less of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), we previously …

Introduction The epidemiology of severe lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) is constantly
changing. We aimed to describe it using the BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia plus (PN plus) …

Abstract Background Acute febrile illnesses (AFIs) represent a major disease burden
globally; however, the paucity of reliable, rapid point-of-care testing makes their diagnosis …

Importance Bacterial and viral causes of acute respiratory illness (ARI) are difficult to
clinically distinguish, resulting in the inappropriate use of antibacterial therapy. The use of a …

Identification of host transcriptional response signatures has emerged as a new paradigm
for infection diagnosis. For clinical applications, signatures must robustly detect the …