Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in adults in Europe: a literature review

A Torres, WE Peetermans, G Viegi, F Blasi - Thorax, 2013 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes considerable morbidity and
mortality in adults, particularly in the elderly. Methods Structured searches of PubMed were …

Microbial etiology of pneumonia: epidemiology, diagnosis and resistance patterns

C Cilloniz, I Martin-Loeches, C Garcia-Vidal… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Globally, pneumonia is a serious public health concern and a major cause of mortality and
morbidity. Despite advances in antimicrobial therapies, microbiological diagnostic tests and …

Effect of corticosteroids on treatment failure among hospitalized patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia and high inflammatory response: a randomized …

A Torres, O Sibila, M Ferrer, E Polverino, R Menendez… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, treatment failure is
associated with excessive inflammatory response and worse outcomes. Corticosteroids may …

Diagnosis and treatment of community‐acquired pneumonia in adults: 2016 clinical practice guidelines by the Chinese Thoracic Society, Chinese Medical Association

B Cao, Y Huang, DY She, QJ Cheng… - The clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults is an infectious disease with high
morbidity in China and the rest of the world. With the changing pattern in the etiological …

Viral infection in patients with severe pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission

SH Choi, SB Hong, GB Ko, Y Lee, HJ Park… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The role of viruses in pneumonia in adults and the impact of viral infection on
mortality have not been elucidated. Previous studies have significant limitations in that they …

The aetiology and antibiotic management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults in Europe: a literature review

A Torres, F Blasi, WE Peetermans, G Viegi… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
The purpose of this paper was to generate up-to-date information on the aetiology of
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and its antibiotic management in adults across …

Infections in the elderly critically-ill patients

M Esme, A Topeli, BB Yavuz, M Akova - Frontiers in medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Infections are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the advanced aged. Various
factors including immunosenescens, comorbid chronic diseases, and alterations in normal …

Viral infection in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Burk, K El-Kersh, M Saad, T Wiemken… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The advent of PCR has improved the identification of viruses in patients with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP). Several studies have used PCR to establish the importance of …

Viral-bacterial coinfection affects the presentation and alters the prognosis of severe community-acquired pneumonia

G Voiriot, B Visseaux, J Cohen, LBL Nguyen… - Critical Care, 2016 - Springer
Background Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR) enables recovery of viruses from
airways of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), although their clinical …

Behandlung von erwachsenen Patienten mit ambulant erworbener Pneumonie und Prävention–Update 2016

S Ewig, G Höffken, WV Kern, G Rohde, H Flick… - …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Die vorliegende Leitlinie umfasst ein neues und aktualisiertes Konzept der Behandlung und
Prävention von erwachsenen Patienten mit ambulant erworbener Pneumonie und löst die …