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Nasopharyngeal microbiome composition and its clinical correlates in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia in East Africa

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Makori TO   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Severe Pneumonia

Medical Clinics of North America
Severe pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Being a complex condition caused by a variety of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, it requires intensive care. A combination of early initiation of antimicrobial therapy and adjunctive nonantimicrobial interventions improve patient outcomes.
Patrick R, Ching, Laura L, Pedersen
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SEVERE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1999
Although several pneumonia severity criteria have been firmly established, the exact definition of severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains elusive. Mortality from CAP remains high, reaching 50% in some series. The particular role of and spp. in severe CAP has been defined more clearly.
S, Ewig, A, Torres
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Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND Whether the antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of glucocorticoids may decrease mortality among patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia is unclear.
P. Dequin   +37 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Severe community-acquired pneumonia

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 1996
Community-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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The clinical significance of simultaneous detection of pathogens from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood samples by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in patients with severe pneumonia.

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2020
Introduction. Bloodstream infection is a common complication in patients with severe pneumonia and is regarded as an independent risk factor for prediction of poor outcome.
Jinlian Chen   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Severe community-acquired pneumonia

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2004
Community-acquired pneumonia remains a prevalent and potentially life-threatening infection. In general, the disease is considered severe when inpatient care including ICU admission is required, and this often suggests a poorer prognosis. Severe community-acquired pneumonia continues to be an important subject of research from different perspectives ...
Francisco, Alvarez-Lerma, Antoni, Torres
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2009
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases in the United States. It accounts for 500,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths each year, and it represents one of the most common causes of ICU admission. The mortality rate due to severe CAP has shown little improvement over the past few years, with rates as ...
Marcos I, Restrepo, Antonio, Anzueto
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Mortality and Prognostic Prediction in Very Elderly Patients With Severe Pneumonia

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Although prognostic prediction scores for pneumonia such as CURB-65 score or pneumonia severity index (PSI) are widely used, there were a few studies in very elderly patients.
Moon Seong Baek   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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