Burden of community-acquired pneumonia and unmet clinical needs

J Ferreira-Coimbra, C Sarda, J Rello - Advances in therapy, 2020 - Springer
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death among infectious
diseases and an important health problem, having considerable implications for healthcare …

Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompromised adults: a consensus statement regarding initial strategies

JA Ramirez, DM Musher, SE Evans, CD Cruz… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines have improved the
treatment and outcomes of patients with CAP, primarily by standardization of initial empirical …

Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in adults: An update

VK Eshwara, C Mukhopadhyay… - Indian Journal of Medical …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the prominent cause of mortality and morbidity
with important clinical impact across the globe. India accounts for 23 per cent of global …

Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit. An official American Thoracic Society workshop report in collaboration with the AACN, CHEST, CDC, and SCCM

RG Wunderink, A Srinivasan, PS Barie… - Annals of the …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Intensive care units (ICUs) are an appropriate focus of antibiotic stewardship program efforts
because a large proportion of any hospital's use of parenteral antibiotics, especially broad …

Risk factors of multidrug‐resistant bacteria in lower respiratory tract infections: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

G Chen, K Xu, F Sun, Y Sun, Z Kong… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Multidrug‐resistant (MDR) bacteria are the main cause of lower respiratory
tract infections (LRTIs) with high mortality. The purpose of this study is to identify the risk …

ICMR Consensus Guidelines on'Do Not Attempt Resuscitation'.

R Mathur - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2020 - go.gale.com
Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure performed in
an attempt to revive patients suffering from cardiac and/or respiratory arrest. It involves either …

Prevalence and risk factors for Enterobacteriaceae in patients hospitalized with community‐acquired pneumonia

D Villafuerte, S Aliberti, NJ Soni, P Faverio… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Enterobacteriaceae (EB) spp. family is known to include
potentially multidrug‐resistant (MDR) microorganisms, and remains as an important cause …

High-Throughput Immunochemical Method to Assess the 2-Heptyl-4-quinolone Quorum Sensing Molecule as a Potential Biomarker of Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

EJ Montagut, L Vilaplana, MT Martin-Gomez… - ACS Infectious …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) is being contemplated as a promising target for developing
innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Here we report for the first time the …

Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

R Cavallazzi, J Ramirez - Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonar... : Current Opinion in
Infectious Diseases Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Pneumonic versus nonpneumonic exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

E Crisafulli, A Manco, M Ferrer, A Huerta… - … in respiratory and …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often suffer acute
exacerbations (AECOPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), named …