Pneumonia with bacterial and viral coinfection

K Cawcutt, AC Kalil - Current opinion in critical care, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Bacterial and viral coinfection is increasingly recognized as an underlying etiology for
community-and hospital-acquired infections. Coinfections may be a risk factor for ICU …

Procalcitonin: the right answer but to which question?

SP Bergin, EL Tsalik - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains an important cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. CAP management guidelines recommend empiric antibacterial therapy …

Microbiology or host-response markers, or both, for optimal patient management?

O Neeser, B Mueller, P Schuetz - Journal of Laboratory and …, 2017 - jlpm.amegroups.org
In their study entitled “Procalcitonin as a Marker of Etiology in Adults Hospitalized with
Community-Acquired Pneumonia”, Dr. Self and colleagues investigated a relevant daily …

[PDF][PDF] Procalcitonin as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection

P Malhotra, B Capozzi, A Talwar - J Respir Med, 2017 - researchgate.net
Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the United
States, resulting in over 2 million emergency room visits, 1.2 million acute hospitalizations …