Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical
infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as …

Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has changed the diagnosis
landscape of lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs). With the development of newer …

Background Community-acquired pneumonia is a leading infectious cause of hospitalization
and death among US adults. Incidence estimates of pneumonia confirmed radiographically …

Background. The frequent lack of a microbiological diagnosis in community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) impairs pathogen-directed antimicrobial therapy. This study assessed the …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17 (Suppl. 6): E1–E59 Abstract This document is an update of
Guidelines published in 2005 and now includes scientific publications through to May 2010 …

About 200 million cases of viral community-acquired pneumonia occur every year—100
million in children and 100 million in adults. Molecular diagnostic tests have greatly …

Background. Recent trials suggest procalcitonin-based guidelines can reduce antibiotic use
for respiratory infections. However, the accuracy of procalcitonin to discriminate between …

Background Pneumococcal pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality among
adults. Given limitations of diagnostic tests for non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia …

Psittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the transmission of the bacterium
Chlamydia psittaci from birds to humans. Infections in humans mainly present as community …

Psittacosis, also known as parrot fever and ornithosis, is a bacterial infection that can cause
severe pneumonia and other serious health problems in humans. It is caused by Chlamydia …