Background Accuracy and timing of antibiotic therapy remain a challenge for lower
respiratory tract infections. New molecular techniques using Multiplex Polymerase Chain …

Diagnostic stewardship decreases unnecessary antibiotic use in a way that is different from
and complementary to antibiotic stewardship. Further studies are needed to quantify the full …

Background Sepsis surveillance using electronic health record (EHR)-based data may
provide more accurate epidemiologic estimates than administrative data, but experience …

Syndromic PCR-based analysis of lower respiratory tract (LRT) samples in patients with
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) improves the bacterial yield and time-to-results …

Importance Lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections, including community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP), are a leading cause of hospital admissions and mortality. Molecular tests …

Community-acquired pneumonia represents the third-highest cause of mortality in
industrialized countries and the first due to infection. Although guidelines for the approach to …

Molecular diagnostic testing is assumed to enable fast respiratory pathogen identification
and contribute to improved pneumonia management. We set up a prospective clinical trial at …

La neumonía es uno de los síndromes infecciosos más frecuentes y una importante causa
de mortalidad y de consumo de recursos. Constituido por expertos en Enfermedades …

Objectives This study aimed to describe the microbial aetiology of community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) in adults admitted to a tertiary care hospital and assess the impact of …

Development of antibiotic resistance, a threat to global health, is driven by inappropriate
antibiotic usage. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are frequently treated empirically with …