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Legionella as a Cause of Severe Pneumonia
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2000Legionella pneumophila has been found to be a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in patients who required intensive care unit (ICU) admission. In many studies, the clinical manifestations for Legionnaires' disease were more severe and the mortality was higher when compared with pneumonias of other etiology.
E N, Vergis, E, Akbas, V L, Yu
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia associated with severe neutropenia
La Revue de Médecine InterneCold agglutinin haemolytic anaemia, aplastic anaemia, immune thrombocytopaenia and hemophagocytosis are well-established complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. In contrast, severe neutropenia has rarely been described.We report the case of a 71-year-old with systemic lupus erythematosus who presented with severe febrile neutropenia (0.2G/L ...
Dounia, Abbas +4 more
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Severe pneumonia and a second antibiotic
The Lancet, 2002Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the pathogen causing most deaths. CAP management guidelines in North America and the UK recommended that patients with severe pneumonia be given initially a combination antibiotic therapy.
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2009Community-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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Severe community-acquired pneumonia
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2004Community-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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Pneumonia and severe haemoptysis
The Lancet, 1998P N, Soni, I, Reddy, S, Rauff
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