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Severe community-acquired pneumonia
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 1996Community-acquired pneumonia is an important public health concern and a recent focus of clinical practice guidelines. What has become clear from this renewed focus of attention is that a subgroup of patients with community-acquired pneumonia have severe disease with a differing spectrum of pathogens and prognosis.
H A, Cassiere, A M, Fein
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Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Chemotherapy, 2000Lower respiratory tract infections are the major cause of death due to infectious disease in the developed and developing world. Despite substantial progress in defining pathogens and in therapeutic options, there continues to be major controversies in the clinical management of these infections.
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
2016Abstract Although there is no general consensus on the definition of severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP), the most accepted criteria are based on the 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of CAP in adults. Since pulmonary and extra-pulmonary complications increase mortality
Adamantia Liapikou +3 more
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Clinical evidence, 2002
In the northern hemisphere about 12/1000 people a year (on average) contract pneumonia while living in the community, with most cases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mortality ranges from about 5% to 35% depending on severity of disease, with a worse prognosis in older people, men, and people with chronic diseases.We conducted a systematic review ...
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In the northern hemisphere about 12/1000 people a year (on average) contract pneumonia while living in the community, with most cases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mortality ranges from about 5% to 35% depending on severity of disease, with a worse prognosis in older people, men, and people with chronic diseases.We conducted a systematic review ...
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Procalcitonin Guidance of Antibiotic Therapy in Community-acquired Pneumonia
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006Mirjam Christ-Crain +2 more
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